Thread: If matter cant be created or destroyed, where did all this stuff come from?

Because, if the universe has been in existence forever, humans could have evolved on other planets, similar to the way we evolved here. They wouldnt necessarily have to come around on earth

That's the point. We havent been around forever. I said IF IF IF IF IF the universe lasted forever...humans would have been more advanced, whether or not we originated on earth. There could have been humans on other planets for all we know, that evolved in a similar manner as us

Er ... no. That'd just be one possibility.

You could apply your logic in any situation, even in an infinite universe, to "disprove" the idea that the universe is infinite.

You basically move the bar once it has been reached, so that it's never good enough.

It's like picking an integer and then saying "well there can't be an infinite amount of them to choose from because if there were, this number would be higher".

Originally Posted by Hercuflea

Because, if the universe has been in existence forever, humans could have evolved on other planets, similar to the way we evolved here. They wouldnt necessarily have to come around on earth

If we take so much freedom then I will say: if the universe has been in existence forever, the suns have died, the black holes have evaporated and all living creatures have lost their energy sources and died out. It makes no sense to say that alien or human advances would somehow increase because of an infinite universe, especially if you put it in the current time frame. So what's the point here?

If there is no beggining or end, how do you know we'd be more advanced or even exist for that matter?

And you haven't answered the question about the Big Bang in the same post.