Question about E=mc^2 and the singularity...
Posted by M. C. Malkemus on Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Under: Ideas
Many say that Einsteins equations lead back to a moment when a singularity was all that was. This is in fact why big bang event theory took hold after Hubble found the Hubble constant. (Note that the equation did not predict a singularity before the Hubble constant was found...)
Yet, E=mc^2 means that the closer to the speed of light matter gets, the more energy it takes to move it faster and indeed, will require infinite energy to move it to the speed of light. If this is true, and most believe it is, how could a singularity expand all matter? Would not the reverse be true? Would not the singularity resist expansion, because so much energy would be required to expand it, that it would be impossible?
Assume we are at the epoch of the singularity:
E= all the matter in the universe, and zero velocity (0), squared.
Let's calculate that out:
E=1((0)^2)=0
E=10^10((0)^2)=0
E=10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10((0)^2)=0
etc....
Hmmm.... so why exactly did the singularity expand? According to the equation, there was nothing to expand it. No force whatsoever.
Remember, at the point of singularity, there is no time, no space, and no movement whatsoever. Big bang event theory says space expanded from the singularity. Clearly we can see, this simply isn't possible, even according to the equation that is supposed to point toward the big bang event itself.
And for those that claim there was no matter in the singularity, you will certainly agree that whatever became matter (energy?) was present within the singularity, and in equal amount to the matter/space/time continuum that is present today.
Yet, E=mc^2 means that the closer to the speed of light matter gets, the more energy it takes to move it faster and indeed, will require infinite energy to move it to the speed of light. If this is true, and most believe it is, how could a singularity expand all matter? Would not the reverse be true? Would not the singularity resist expansion, because so much energy would be required to expand it, that it would be impossible?
Assume we are at the epoch of the singularity:
E= all the matter in the universe, and zero velocity (0), squared.
Let's calculate that out:
E=1((0)^2)=0
E=10^10((0)^2)=0
E=10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10^10((0)^2)=0
etc....
Hmmm.... so why exactly did the singularity expand? According to the equation, there was nothing to expand it. No force whatsoever.
Remember, at the point of singularity, there is no time, no space, and no movement whatsoever. Big bang event theory says space expanded from the singularity. Clearly we can see, this simply isn't possible, even according to the equation that is supposed to point toward the big bang event itself.
And for those that claim there was no matter in the singularity, you will certainly agree that whatever became matter (energy?) was present within the singularity, and in equal amount to the matter/space/time continuum that is present today.
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