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A History of Ideas: Astronomer Carole Mundell on the Big Bang
Gillian Anderson on Astronomer Carole Mundell on the Big Bang
Did the universe have a distinct starting moment, or has it always existed (the Steady State Theory)? Most scientists now favour the Big Bang theory that the universe exploded from an unimaginably dense concentration of energy. That’s what all the evidence points to, but could there be something else that explains how the universe came into being from apparent nothingness?
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Theologian William Paley propounded the theory that if you found a watch on a heath, you would assume that an intelligent being designed and made it.
If every effect has a cause, how did everything begin? Thomas Aquinas argued that there couldn’t be an infinite regression of cause and effect without any fixed starting point.
For Hindus, the universe we live in is one of innumerable universes.
Did the universe have a distinct starting moment, or has it always existed?