<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Dougherty</b> <<a href="mailto:msd001@gmail.com">msd001@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 2/27/07, Robert Bradbury <<a href="mailto:robert.bradbury@gmail.com">robert.bradbury@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> For, even when you take all the theories of how physics really works and<br>> wrap them up in a big ball, you can still not answer the very simple
<br>> question...<br>> "Why did the big bang happen?"<br><br>I think the answer would be self-evident if you took that big ball and<br>compressed it tightly enough...</blockquote><div><br>No, no no, it isn't that obvious at all. Twiddle the fundamental constants a bit and the tight compression results in the whole ball of wax disappearing. Twiddle them a bit in the other direction and the universe expands so fast that life has no chance to evolve. I am not an expert in this (after all I flunked freshman physics at Havard) -- best consult with people who have some claim of real understanding (perhaps Anders or Robin).
<br><br>But no matter *how* it happens, that still doesn't explain *why* it happened. And if as others have suggested you wish to classify these discussions as either "philosophy" or "theology" then so be it.
<br><br>Robert<br><br></div><br></div><br>