Origins of the Universe - Stephen Hawking - VIDEO.

Found this, and haven't watched this myself, yet.
But i definitely had to post it on ATS for all to see.

Stephen Hawking says Universe created from "nothing".Speaking to a sold out crowd at the Berkeley Physics Oppenheimer Lecture on March 13 2007, Hawking said that he now believes the universe spontaneously popped into existence from "nothing" without violating the laws of physics (no god(s) required). He said more work is needed to prove this but we have time because 'Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.'

Interesting concept, i will watch this later as im little busy right now.
I wonder how he is going to prove that existence came from "nothing".

Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Part 4.

I cant seem to find part 5, maybe it was never posted??

Enjoy.

And I thought quantum physics has a mind boggling conundrum as to how the universe came into being.
Now he says it came out of nothing..

Will have a watch later tonight.

PART 5 : www.liveleak.com...

I liked how everyone laughed at the mocking of the creation myths..yet he is assuming that earths history, especially in regards to humans, has only progressed, and never been set back. Ie, humans have never been more advanced than we are now.

"I know think I can show how the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science. The universe exists, because general relativity and quantum theory allow and require it to exist. If I am right, the universe is self contained and governed by science alone."

He mite be the worlds most intelligent man, but this thinking is very closed minded. For one, it is not taking into account the idea of consciousness, and is just sidestepping this altogether by assuming the Darwinian evolution theory. It still assumes that we are just one spontaneous accident. It does not say this, but it is implied.

There is no unity between the fields of science, thus science can not govern the laws of reality, and to state such things is naive. To state that the blackholes and galaxies are formed by "random quantum fluctuations in the acceleration period" is one thing, but to imply that planets and life are also governed by this process is just another way of implying that life on this planet is '1 in a million'.

Its standard Hawkings and Einstein thinking. We are just spectacular accidents governed by the LAW OF SCIENCE, rawr His line of thinking has merely updated itself in accordance with the emerging self explaining truth that is quantum theory. However, it still does not explain where consciousness fits in.

The "Big Bang" was the birth of consciousness, giving rise to the Universe, as we know it. There was no "nothing" before this, because existence is infinite, and consciousness is directly implied here. This universe is merely one expression of infinite potential.

That begs the question, the one Hawkings, Einstein and "science" all sidestep uniformly, and that is,...what is the purpose of life? We are not just accidents, life has a purpose, as its purpose is existence itself!

the big bang is something in itself entirely.

I personally don't see the big bang as the creation of the universe.
Just a big explosion.....

Don't have a link right now (on my way to bed) but if the big bang was the beginning of all... then why are they supermassive structures recently discovered that should be older then the big bang?
Unless ofcourse the big bang was not the beginning but a big calamity that blew the materials away that are now those supermassives and made room for what's around this 'little' neck of the woods now.

The thing that has me puzzed is quantum physics. Matter is in superposition unless observed. So what observed it when it 'decided' to become what we see now....?

ah well, the ramblings of a really really really tired man with a headache.. ninight ZZZzzzzz

Originally posted by David2012
The thing that has me puzzed is quantum physics. Matter is in superposition unless observed. So what observed it when it 'decided' to become what we see now....?

Hey mate, I think you've hit onto something there. Never thought of it that way .

Perhaps our Universe did come from nothing but it had to be observed by something outside of this dimension / neck of the woods so to speak to come into existance. We cannot see it but it can see us, perhaps?

food for thought,
- Naz

Thought we had moved past this and accepted the idea of membranes or branes as the formative event of the Universe.

en.wikipedia.org...

Hard to understand unless you've seen the various Discovery Channel documentaries on this. It's derived from string theory.

Interestingly it seems to explain Gravity as being detached and thus the force 'leaks' out.