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Originally Posted by KCYoung
I don't think we do, but I really don't think we can deny that there is something bigger. I was atheist for a time and denied it, but, how can you? You cant just have something from nothing. I know they say we started from a carbon atom or something of that nature, but where did that come from? Stuff just cant APPEAR from absolutely nothing.
500 years ago, the earth HAD to be the center of everything, but that was proven wrong.
400 years ago, we thought that the solar system was rolling around on a 2D disc, but that was proven wrong.
200 years ago, the stars HAD to be a vast blanket outside of our solar system, but that was proven wrong.
200 years ago, material HAD to made of earth, fire, water, and not atomic elements, but that was proven wrong.
100 years ago, the Milky Way HAD to be the full extent of the Universe, but that was proven wrong.
100 years ago, space and time HAD to be two different things, but that was proven wrong.
100 years ago, the atom HAD to be the smallest unit of existence, but that was proven wrong.
Long-winded but I think what I'm trying to say is that our philosophical understanding of the universe, particularly in the last 2,000 years, has been full of arrogant and failure. We are infants in our understanding of the universe and how it functions. Several hundred years from now (which is a miniscule amount in the life of our Universe and even our existence), humans will look back at our present day struggles to understand gravity, dark matter, the big bang, black holes, etc. and laugh at our ignorance. The CERN project will be looked at with the same nostalgic warmness that we put towards a butter churn.
I think one day, with the help of genetic and particle science, we will rise out of our infancy and start to begin to understand some of the very basic theories of the Universe. I would imagine looking back from that time that the concept of "something" coming from "nothing" will be something discussed as a matter of fact.