If you are bored

This is for all you big thinkers out there.

I spend a lot of my free time thinking about the origins and ultimate fate of our universe. I'll admit, some times it seems trivial and inconsequential. What I mean by that is A) I hardly understand basic issues here on earth, how can in understand the origins of the ENTIRE universe and B) it ultimately has no bearing on any real life issues one might have. However, seeking the answers to these fundamental questions of our ultimate origin and fate has not only been enjoyable to ponder, but also mind-opening. I feel like a have a new perspective on life. Give it a try!

Let me clarify again what answer I am specifically looking for: What happened before the big bang, and what will be it's ultimate fate? I am NOT seeking to answer the meaning of life or human consciousness. In my view, life is essentially a product of entropy from the creation of the universe. Without the universe there is no life, so it is meaningless to ask what is the meaning of life if we do not understand the origins of the universe.

So I set out to seek the answers to my questions. I obviously do not have the answers already in my head, and saying that I have a predisposition on knowing what the truth is would be quite ignorant of me. So I have sought out answers from the biggest scientific minds in this area: Roger Penrose, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku, Steven Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Brian Green and many others.

Some differ on the ultimate answer or have yet to make up their mind, but their presentations of the answers has help me form a basic understanding of the universe and how it works; From a large (relative) scale to the tiniest (quantum) scale.

Their explanations and my intrinsic understanding has led my to a view that I feel is the most substantial.

In particular, I've been following this fellow, Roger Penrose. Penrose (Via wikipedia) is an English mathematical physicist and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He has received a number of prizes and awards, including the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics which he shared with Stephen Hawking for their contribution to our understanding of the universe.

He specifically is floating around this idea of what I have been calling a "cyclical universe". This theory proposes that our universe is not the first, nor the last of a series of repeating universes. This theory is rather satisfying and has a lot of merit. For now i will give you a video, in my next blog i will attempt to break it down into why I like it.