A few scientists do consider possibility space/time is infinite and existed prior to the big bang.
So there would be no question 'what's 'outside the universe' since space is infinite.
I dont particularly think anything about it. There are a great many inconsistencies and paradoxes in our current way off viewing the universe. including multiple universes (how universal is that?), New universes created with every choice we make, Universes 'joining', etc. etc.
What it all boils down to is: We do not know what the universe is, nor do we know where it 'came from'.
No, that's absurd.
Well, it might rain tomorrow, it's hard to tell.
But I guess you want a straight answer, so here it is: scientists don't know as much as they think they know.
I wouldn't call it a thought experiment in the same sense as what Einstein did to produce the theory of relativity. It's a question formed in English that does not have any real meaning. It's like asking, "If time didn't exist, what would my watch say?" or "If a circle was a square, how many sides would it have?", or "What would a hotdog taste like if it were a banana" or other such nonsensical stuff. I can see where you're going with this, sort of, but as soon as you get rid of time and space, the ideas of balloons, and expansion, are irrelevant.
That would.certainly be a.good.experiment. Have you ever thought that our big bang may be just one.of.many?
Only released energy/matter.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ENERGY MATTER IS?
And before the Big Bang there was no one or no thing so how do you inflate a balloon? No balloon no person to inflate anything.
Yes
What if we consider time and space together, like a fabric. Some argue that gravity does have a big influence in this fabric..no?
That's a good answer though, kittie.
Exactly!!!!
Impressive.
