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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Have you looked at the other "beginning" theories besides the standard BB theory like the brane theory etc?
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Here's where it gets kind of confusing. The Brane Theory is derived from String Theory which in the past wasn't part of the "Standard Model" but has been gaining increasing acceptance.
The "Standard Model" for many years simply could not get past Planck Time after "The Big Bang." There was no way to "see" or even theorize about conditions at Time = 0 or "In the beginning..." as some people liked to put it. Brane Theory offers tools for working with the physical forces of the universe at and possibly before Time = 0.
Being a self described "Standard Model kind of a guy" I haven't really gotten caught up on some of the stuff thats' there. As I understand it, Brane Theory, in going into the time before Planck Time, doesn't conflict with "The Big Bang Theory" but offers some more ways to elucidate that theory and to find the "Holy Grail;" the Grand Unified Theory.
Einstein married space and time together with electromagnetism in his famous equation. But getting gravity and I forget which atomic force into the whole scheme still alludes us. Brane (as in a part of a membrane) Theory may provide some help.
dunno. been up for 2 days straight... room is spinning... it will all make sense when I fall asleep and I'll work it all out again- I've done it before, only to forget everything when I wake up... My wife says I'm a genius when I sleep. I think she means, when I shut up.
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