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Old 12-10-2013, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Sadre Spinegnawer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
You did not understand my post. It went over your head.

You cannot derive knowledge about what is outside a system of which one is a member.

Imagine I tell you there is a color no human being has ever seen, and more specifically, it cannot ever be observed because its definition is, "a color outside of the system of color." What color is it? An impossible question, by definition.

The same thing happens when you try to think where the universe came from. If you point me to the big bang, or even God, if you so choose, that is part of the universe. What the question means is, what existed prior to the universe?

But by definition one cannot know. You cannot know something that is outside the system from which one is gathering information.

And this is why questions of ultimate origins (and ends) are unanswerable. We only know the thing that is. It is vast, has a history, has laws, has processes, has end states (heat death).

But we do not know why it is here in the first place. never will.
You do not understand my post. It went over your head.

I guess your idea might be true if you define universe to be everything we can ever observe. But then your point is rather meaningless. If you use the more traditional definition of universe, then it's entirely possible we're just in one universe of some kind of multiverse, and who knows what kind of technology may come along in a few million/billion years that may permit us to move between them. But perhaps you already have the necessary knowledge and wisdom to know exactly what sentient life will be capable of in the far future.

Keep in mind we can make inferences about things that we cannot observe based upon their influence on things we do observe. For instance, it is impossible to observe gravity directly. We can only ever observe its indirect influence on matter and light. That's not to say that gravity exists outside of our universe, but it should be taken as an analogy. How do you know that there aren't things outside of our universe that have some kind of influence on things inside our universe, such that we can deduce the existence based upon observations within the universe? You seem to possess some rather amazing knowledge about the universe. Either you're some extraterrestrial with billions of years of scientific study under your belt, or you're just another internet expert.
 


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