Friday, December 22, 2023

Fairy tales for children above forty

You have been raised from the dead, from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, nitrogen and magnesium, stuff like that.

From stuff like that, you shall be raised again and again. If the universe is cyclic.

A cyclic universe is a universe that will eventually collapse back to itself; then, it will explode again, expand, and collapse again. And again.

All possible combinations of atoms will eventually be formed again. History will repeat itself over and over again. This is the wheel of samsara.

However, maybe the universe is not cyclic. Perhaps it is a one-night stand, a single-night performance by an amazing magician.

Or, what if there are also other universes, spiritual worlds not made up of atoms and molecules?

There are so many different views on these things. One is crazier than the other. 


https://www.astronomy.com/science/what-would-this-cyclic-model-of-the-universe-mean-for-the-big-bang/