Origins Part 1: Existence?

When talking about origins, people often make silly assumptions. They assume that things "just are" when in fact there is usually a more involved explanation.

For example: time. If you didn't know that time is a dimension, then I'm sorry to tell you that you've been missing out on...everything. Time was proven to be a dimension when NASA watched a clock in space go at a different speed than one on the earth's surface. Einstein's theory of relativity states:

E=MC^2

This means that mass (and thus gravity) and the speed of light affect the dimension of time. If you still have doubts about time being a dimension, take it up with Einstein.

Okay, what has been observed in our natural realm is that you can't have a where without a when. Time had to start sometime so that the universe could exist. If the universe were infinitely old, then we would have never reached this point in time. Don't believe me? Go ahead and count to infinity.

A popular fairy tale is that something called the Big Bang started time. Unfortunately for Mother Goose, the Big Bang theory includes a bang, implying that there was something there to blow up. Something is usually known by the name of mass, and always exists in a place and time. But wait a minute, didn't they just say that the Big Bang began time? I don't know how they ever got us to believe in this story.

If you are like I once was, and used to think the Big Bang had ANY scientific evidence at all, I'm here to tell you that there is hope. Realizing that from the very beginning, you have been lied to by an evil Mother Goose will start you on the path of intelligence.

Now, if time didn't come from a bang, where did it come from?

Sometimes, when facing questions about our own universe, a quick look at a simpler universe can be very helpful. For now, we will look at the video game Halo. Halo has a time dimension in it. This is what allows everyone's favorite Spartan to run around, jump, and shoot stuff. So where did the time come from in this simple universe? It was programmed into the computer by the developers. Lots of effort was put into creating the time equations for Halo. If we apply this to our universe, we can assume that a "programmer" installed time into existence.

If you suddenly don't feel like reading my blogs anymore, I encourage you to fight your own ignorance and keep reading. Stopping a discussion or reading because you feel uncomfortable does not take the logic behind it away.

In conclusion, today we learned that time is a dimension, that it couldn't have come from an event within time, and that someone highly intelligent probably installed it into the foundation of our universe. Tune in next post for a lesson on Space!