Pogo
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To some degree yes, there is the field of pure mathematics and it has arguably been around since the first geometers drew circles and lines in the sandThe math itself however is just a playing around with geometry and numbers until we find something that it relates to.
Yes, it has not been shown to exist in any other species, but rudiments may yet be found.Math is a concept created by mankind.
Actually it is entirely based on math, on a set of equations that explained the patterns and observations of astronomersThe BBT is not based on any math.
Actually false, it was originally thought that the universe was static and eternal and Einstein even inserted an unnecessary term into his equations to make it static.The BBT is based on the assumption that the universe had a beginning to exist.
It is not an assumption, when it was realized that the universe was not in fact static, the new data was applied without the extra assumption to make it static and it led to the conclusion that the universe was in fact finite in age apparently. further calculations and observations have confirmed this.The assumption is that about 8 billion, 13.8 billion, some even believe 20 Billion , others go up to 27 Billion years ago that the universe began to expand from nonexistence. If there was non existence that would mean no energy, no matter and no place for anything to exist. So far the consensus is 13:8 billion years ago at T=10^-43 seconds the universe began to expand and has been expanding every sense.
note that the inflationary phase and the current expansion rate are not the same.
And for far longer than that cosmologists have been asking the same question. The answer is that they don't know. The current theories only provide answers to a point near "T0" but quantum gravity effects appear to be necessary to go beyond that. As for a pinhead as I understand it, that only refers if true to the volume that became this universe, how big it actually was is unknown, only that the current best equations converge on a small volume for what we call the universe.For 16 years I have asked the question: "What existed at T=0?" The best answer I have been able to get from Scientist is, "We don't know". Maybe some of you have a better answer. I have also asked where did all that energy come from that existed in something the size of a pin head that created the universe and everything in it we can see and all that beyond what we can see? Amy ideas?
There is lots more to learn and will continue far into the future so we can all look forward to more.
Not actually an assumption but a calculation that if the theory that had so far been so accurate, then to explain certain anomalies there would have to be "dark" matter and energy. Dark matter has already been confirmed in that there is apparently stuff that behaves like matter in how it bends light etc that answers the questions as to why certain things were seen in spite of the observation that they did not contain enough matter.Dark energy and Dark matter are created by an assumption. It is assumed they exist without any evidence because if all that energy and matter did not exist the universe would fly apart..
Dark holes are another success that having been postulated according to the theory, they were looked for and found exactly where they would have been expected.
Enjoy yourself, It is a great time to be alive to watch the discovery of the understanding of the universe we live in.Enjoy,
The math may be beyond you or I but it is not imaginary and yes, the math is entirely a creation of human intellect. That it relates to physical reality and observations is a coincidence that can make one wonder.