Questions tagged [universe]
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Does the universe include everything, or merely everything that exists?
Does the universe include literally everything? Or merely everything that exists? I am asking this because I think that, to give an example, unicorns are not part of the universe, because they don't ...
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Is the universe 'necessarily' contingent?
My question arises from a debate I had seen between Mohammed Hijabi and Alex O'Connell (the debate) where it seems like Hijabi was admitting to the fact that all contingent things must come from and ...
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What is Life in a Deterministic Universe? [closed]
In a deterministic universe, where every event is a result of preceding causes, the distinctions we make between living and non-living entities might be an illusion. Our perceptions—colors, sounds, ...
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Is Everything in Time Subject to Cause and Effect?
Is the universe wholly deterministic, with every event in time being a result of a specific cause, or might some events occur independently of prior causes? I’m seeking to understand if cause and ...
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Why do many philosophers consider a past-eternal universe to be self-explanatory but not a universe that began with no cause?
In philosophical papers that argue against theistic interpretations, many philosophers fight to demonstrate that the Big Bang was not a true beginning but merely a transformation, arguing that the ...
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Is the B-theory of time only compatible with an infinitely renewing cyclical reality?
I'm not a mathematician and I may be misunderstanding some aspects of this concept.
According to the B-theory of time, the flow of time is an illusion, and every point in time exists equally. If this ...
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Is the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics consistent with the big bang?
I might come under critism for an incomplete understanding of quantum mechanics but as far as my knowledge of quantum mechanics the interpretation of observable behaviour in the world, as to an ...
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Is the universe "one-sided"? [closed]
I have asked this question on Physics Stack Exchange, but it was closed because it does not deal with mainstream physics, that is, physics for which some paper has been published. I think it is worth ...
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Can anything happen at any time right now if there is infinite Possibilities in life?
If we live in a world with possibly infinite realities, and infinite space, doesn't that mean that there is an chance that anything could happen?
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If the universe begins and ends sequentially but time only exists inside the fabric, then everything must have always existed
Can you the reader refute my logic, that if time isn't existing externally outside of the big bang processes, and we know that this has a beginning and end sequentially, then everything we experience ...
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Can the idea of continuity make sense in the real world?
In mathematics, continuity is a core concept, especially in calculus, where a function is considered continuous if it lacks discontinuities such as jumps or gaps. This mirrors the completeness ...
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Is entropy physical or idealistic?
I came across the question after watching a video (Heat Death) regarding the heat death of the universe and my question serves as such:
I understand this universe is constantly going from a state of ...
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What is the motive of the universe? [closed]
If you look at the options, the universe is either temporally bounded temporally unbounded is either bounded spatially or unbounded spatially and is any of these permutations with our uncertainty.
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If God is infinite and unchangeable how is there room for the universe? [closed]
If God is infinite and God cannot change, how is there room for the universe?, how could the universe come into existence?
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By "room" or "space" I did not necessarily mean ...
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Can the existence of space be in the absence of matter/energy and time? [closed]
This question has potentially a long answer or ironically a very short answer if the question is a load of nonsense, however, I'm going to ask it anyhow.
I propose there are three fundamental
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