Earlier, I talked about pigeon poop and the big bang that inflated our universe. I left off with the question what actually caused inflation that expanded our universe? Well, here’s one idea from my sci-fi book GOD GAMES that explains the whole thing. In Heaven, Yahweh and his follow scientists tinker with a stillborn universe they’ve discovered. It’s just two inches in diameter and located one thousandth of an inch away from them but along a…
Pigeon Poop Results In Echoes From The Big Bang
On March 17, 2014, scientists announced the discovery of what they believe to be the faint gravitational echo of the Big Bang. The discovery is based on cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) observations by the “Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization” (Bicep-2) telescope at the south pole. So what does pigeon poop have to do with this? Well, if it were not for pigeons, we would never have known about the CMB radiation in the first place. …
What is the Essense of Life?
In his web article, C. Terry Warner says that “agency refers both to the capacity of beings to act for themselves and their accountability for those actions.” But what the heck are “beings?” What gives rise to this self-awareness that is constantly challenged with choice and consequence? In “The Ant Farm,” the Deville character challenges Yahweh on his question. But Yahweh and the society he lives in no longer believes the religious answer to this question.…
Seven Scientific Concepts of “The Ant Farm”
“The Ant Farm” explores the philosophical aspects of an advanced scientific society with deep roots in religion. But driving the story line is science, which I boiled down into seven basic concepts. While they start out following accepted scientific thought, these ideas expand out to uncharted territories. Take a look and let me know what you think. Entangled particles interact in such a way that measuring one enables you to tell something about the properties…
In the Beginning…
When was that? Some religious folks might say that was 6 thousand years ago when a lonely guy got a bright idea to create something to keep him company. Stephen Hawkins would probably disagree favoring something like 13 billion years ago and the method of creation was more of a big bang. Then again, Prof. Paul Steinhardt (Princeton University) would probably describe it more as a big smash than a big bang between universes that…