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Many people, when examining the big bang, wonder how time can just start or how does an event happen without time. Such questions are perfectly reasonable, but it is easy to demonstrate how this happens. To do this, I'm going to take an approach that no one will have seen before, that will provide a deep insight into both space and time. To begin with, we need to establish a few basics that will allow us to visualize what is happening. Whilst I have diagrams to the left, I will avoid any math in its entirety. At the end of the day, math is merely a description in a different language and can only be pursued after there is something to describe.
If we examine the first diagram to the left, we will observe that space is at it smallest when the energy level is at its highest. As the energy level decreases, space expands. This is also consistent with length contraction in Minkowski space, that is, accelerate an object (provide more energy) and it will contract. This effect is shown in the third diagram to the left.
If we now examine the second diagram, we will observe that time is at its largest when the energy level is at its highest. As the energy level decreases, time contracts (speed up). This is also consistent with time dilation, that is, accelerate an object (provide more energy) and time will expand (slow down). This effect is shown in the forth diagram to the left. At its highest energy level, time will expand to its maximum and stop.
What observations do we note:
1. Space and Time are inversely proportional to each other.
2. Decreasing energy results in expansion of space and acceleration of time.
3. There is no past and the time arrow is a product of deceasing energy. (see fifth diagram)
4. There is an equivalence between energy, space and time.
Let us now apply these notions to the Big Bang model. At the beginning of time, energy was at its highest point. As a result, space was contracted to its smallest size and time had expanded to its slowest rate. A sudden drop, or loss, of energy (an explosion) occurs. This loss in energy results in time contracting (speeding up) and space expanding.
The model that I have described here holds up pretty well with established science. Just like the Big Bang model, it doesn't attempt to explain where the universe came from, nor what caused the sudden drop in energy. What is clear, is that it was the result of something outside of space and time itself. This model also does not account for the effect of matter or other fields, which may serve to arrest the expansion.
The good thing about this model is that it explains the effects on space and time as a result of decreasing energy, rather than attempting to invoke energy from higher dimensions. It also provides a clear understanding of the arrow of time, as a loss of energy, and why time travel, at least to the past, is impossible.
Looking at the first two diagrams, you will notice that I have included some negative values. I have not employed them in this description, but for those of you who are curious, it represents the vacuum field that the universe exploded into. The best comparison I can provide at this point, is the Dirac Sea.
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Reply#1 - Thu Aug 5, 2010 9:00 AM EDT
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I done a little thought experiment to see how well this fits with special relativity. If we picture a craft moving at 90% of C and an observer in standing in the distance. Then we turn on a light, the light beam will move away from the craft at C, relative to its velocity, but still pass the observer at C, not at C + 90% C. Sort of like this diagram:
^ ----------------------------- x ---------
Special relativity tells us that this happens, but not why it happens. If we look back at the article and note what I said about time being inversely proportional to space, we have a small issue. To maintain the velocity of light for all observers, we require an acceleration of time at the source. As there is no corresponding space increase, the inversely proportional relationship would appear to be governed by mass. That is, a massless particle can cause a relative acceleration of time, without a corresponding expansion in space, as it must lose the energy of forward motion upon creation.
I was surprised how well it fits with Einstein's work.
NOTE: TO SEE THE GRAPHS THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES...CLICK THE HYPERLINK ABOVE
Many people, when examining the big bang, wonder how time can just start or how does an event happen without time. Such questions are perfectly reasonable, but it is easy to demonstrate how this happens. To do this, I'm going to take an approach that no one will have seen before, that will provide a deep insight into both space and time. To begin with, we need to establish a few basics that will allow us to visualize what is happening. Whilst I have diagrams to the left, I will avoid any math in its entirety. At the end of the day, math is merely a description in a different language and can only be pursued after there is something to describe.
If we examine the first diagram to the left, we will observe that space is at it smallest when the energy level is at its highest. As the energy level decreases, space expands. This is also consistent with length contraction in Minkowski space, that is, accelerate an object (provide more energy) and it will contract. This effect is shown in the third diagram to the left.
If we now examine the second diagram, we will observe that time is at its largest when the energy level is at its highest. As the energy level decreases, time contracts (speed up). This is also consistent with time dilation, that is, accelerate an object (provide more energy) and time will expand (slow down). This effect is shown in the forth diagram to the left. At its highest energy level, time will expand to its maximum and stop.
What observations do we note:
1. Space and Time are inversely proportional to each other.
2. Decreasing energy results in expansion of space and acceleration of time.
3. There is no past and the time arrow is a product of deceasing energy. (see fifth diagram)
4. There is an equivalence between energy, space and time.
Let us now apply these notions to the Big Bang model. At the beginning of time, energy was at its highest point. As a result, space was contracted to its smallest size and time had expanded to its slowest rate. A sudden drop, or loss, of energy (an explosion) occurs. This loss in energy results in time contracting (speeding up) and space expanding.
The model that I have described here holds up pretty well with established science. Just like the Big Bang model, it doesn't attempt to explain where the universe came from, nor what caused the sudden drop in energy. What is clear, is that it was the result of something outside of space and time itself. This model also does not account for the effect of matter or other fields, which may serve to arrest the expansion.
The good thing about this model is that it explains the effects on space and time as a result of decreasing energy, rather than attempting to invoke energy from higher dimensions. It also provides a clear understanding of the arrow of time, as a loss of energy, and why time travel, at least to the past, is impossible.
Looking at the first two diagrams, you will notice that I have included some negative values. I have not employed them in this description, but for those of you who are curious, it represents the vacuum field that the universe exploded into. The best comparison I can provide at this point, is the Dirac Sea.
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Reply#1 - Thu Aug 5, 2010 9:00 AM EDT
Deep_Thought
I done a little thought experiment to see how well this fits with special relativity. If we picture a craft moving at 90% of C and an observer in standing in the distance. Then we turn on a light, the light beam will move away from the craft at C, relative to its velocity, but still pass the observer at C, not at C + 90% C. Sort of like this diagram:
^ ----------------------------- x ---------
Special relativity tells us that this happens, but not why it happens. If we look back at the article and note what I said about time being inversely proportional to space, we have a small issue. To maintain the velocity of light for all observers, we require an acceleration of time at the source. As there is no corresponding space increase, the inversely proportional relationship would appear to be governed by mass. That is, a massless particle can cause a relative acceleration of time, without a corresponding expansion in space, as it must lose the energy of forward motion upon creation.
I was surprised how well it fits with Einstein's work.
