The Universe is and we are.
Have your really seen the moon? Really LOOKED at it? Thought about what it is, what it helped us to understand about our reality?
We
touched
it!
The Beginning
- The Universe -us- was birthed 13.8 billion years ago.
- Nucleosynthesis -formation of first atoms- when we were between 3 to 20 minutes old
- The Cosmic Dawn -the birth of the first stars- when we were between 100 million and 250 million years old
- The Formation of Earth -where humans emerged- when we were 9.3 billion years into our existance
The End
A few options:
- The Freeze -maximum entropy has been achieved. Nothing will ever change again.
- The Rip -the dark energy is not constant, it is strengthening- Over time, We are ripped apart into our subatomic fundamentals.
- The Crunch -the dark energy is not constant, it is weakening- Over time, We reverse back to infinite density.
- Perhaps, it is cyclical? We'd like to hope.
We are learning.
| This is |
a table |
but what |
| is a |
table? wood |
cellulose lignin |
| or four |
legs and |
a top? |
Completely unrelated, here is my favorite recipe for gingerbread cookies.