How can we be sure that the mathematical universes we create actually exist in nature? Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac addressed this issue in a lecture he delivered on February 6, 1939 regarding “The Relation between Mathematics and Physics“. “The physicist, in his study of natural phenomena, has two methods of making progress: (1) the method … Read more
Many physicists assume the General Theory of Relativity predicts that all the mass in a black hole is concentrated at its center in a singularity or a point which has zero volume and infinite density However the idea it can be concentrated in a non-dimensional point of infinite density with zero volume is a bit … Read more
Is time an eternity or does it have a beginning and end? This question is very difficult to answer because current theories are only able to describe what happened after the beginning of our universe. In other words how the universe came about and whether there is any meaning to a “before” or “after” is … Read more
The Big Bang theory of cosmic evolution postulates the universe had its beginnings as a hot infinitely dense expanding environment. Using this assumption scientists have been able to successful explain and predict many of the observed properties of our universe including the relative abundance of the elements and the formation of galactic clusters. However, they … Read more
Just because something can happen does not mean that it will. For example, the wind can blow a stack of papers off a desk into a disorganized pile on the floor but it can also pick up it up and organized them on a desk. However, common sense tells most of us that we should … Read more