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To: koan who wrote (220474)	3/25/2013 3:29:05 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) of 542213

I read an interesting book recently that involved in an area of physics that allows us to "see" beyond the Big Bang. It turns out that a lot of our physics has a problem of its own creation - namely that we use variables that create math problems (singularities) where there really is no problem at all when it is considered differently. It is well known that the physics of the BIG and the physics of the SMALL are quite different and don't align. These problems can be caused by the mathematical frame in which one has chosen to define the problem. If you remember our Grecian pal Zeno had a paradox involving an infinite series of half-distances that would not allow us to ever get anywhere. He created a problem where intuition correctly says there is no problem. Calculus of Newton finally showed us what we knew intuitively- namely, that the infinite series of half-distances does indeed have a bounded solution - so yes, you can get to work through an infinite series of half-driven distances! By defining our equations in time-space rather than time-space-energy, we create a similar "problem" where, if considered differently, the conditions we think happen at the singularity fade and we can start to hypothesize about what happened at before the singularity, at least to establish some bounds of what the universe would and wouldn't do. All these things get squishy when compressed to these densities. What, where and when all blur and if we accept that they consist of discreet buckets of time-space-energy that fuzz out, the new equations don't misbehave. If you don't believe this, here is an example: y = x/z z=x. Evaluate at x=0. If you diligently plug the formula into your calculator as I wrote it - you get an error. This does not mean that there is no value or even an infinite value. The answer is 1.

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