apoeticturtle

apoeticturtle t1_jabgplj wrote

There are many things in my life that I do have to decide if I am OK with, but thankfully not this one. I cannot even imagine "nothing" and having less than nothing (that which lies beyond our Universe's edge) is as mind-boggling as it is speculative. All the energy in our Universe may be just a tiny fraction of all the energy everywhere/when. It seems more likely, to me, that our Universe is a tiny part of something bigger. If not, what a waste of energy and time/space.

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apoeticturtle t1_ja6zmlv wrote

Unfortunately, imagining "nothing" beyond the balloon is where everyone gets lost. Most people, with sense, would easily counter-explain that the balloon could not expand without the "room" to be able to expand. I mean, sure the "thing" expanding also made/caused the actual phenomenon of expansion, but we'll let the philosophers continue haggling over that paradox.

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