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47. If we're not here to theorize the Big Bang,

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Dec 2012

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You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. [View all] Whovian Dec 2012 OP

And if that's too speculative for you, how about the fact that the world is a different place from patrice Dec 2012 #1

The past, the present, and the future. Science Geek Dec 2012 #4

Right on! Very like so much else, these are the products of pushing the phenomenal patrice Dec 2012 #6

Ah, the Universe... Science Geek Dec 2012 #13

may I say so far that I am in love with this thread? roguevalley Dec 2012 #34

Me too! because it suggests that love isn't a fairy-tale, it's a property of the physical world that patrice Dec 2012 #48

what you said, patrice. I can't concur more. :D roguevalley Dec 2012 #49

Time is an illusion. Even though I can't wrap my brain around it, I know it's all gateley Dec 2012 #53

Aaron Freeman wrote that piece and read it on NPR in 2005. Brickbat Dec 2012 #2

Thanks. Will edit for attribution. Whovian Dec 2012 #5

I like this. Flaxbee Dec 2012 #3

We had a physicist speak at my brother's funeral and James Randi phoned in Kolesar Dec 2012 #7

As my son said for his father's eulogy, "Life and death are words that we made up." patrice Dec 2012 #8

I would be interested in the physicist's theory as to what (or who) caused the Big Bang Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #9

New theory suggests the cause of the "big bang" is a continuous function Hydra Dec 2012 #12

Hydra, that is very comforting to think of isn't it. that things carry on. roguevalley Dec 2012 #36

Actually, in a way it freaks me out if it's true Hydra Dec 2012 #44

The Big Bang is irrelevant to human destiny FarCenter Dec 2012 #25

actually, it doesn't absolve you. It lets you know that if you don't get yours roguevalley Dec 2012 #37

If we're not here to theorize the Big Bang, Shankapotomus Dec 2012 #47

Energy may not be destroyed, but it can sure as hell dissipate in the vastness of the universe. Bake Dec 2012 #10

... your mother...? renate Dec 2012 #11

She's still with me. Whovian Dec 2012 #15

and it is beautiful, Whovian. I have a poem that got me through two deaths ten roguevalley Dec 2012 #38

Beautiful. Thank you. Whovian Dec 2012 #42

Physicists also know about the Second Law of Thermodynamics FarCenter Dec 2012 #14

Laws are made to be broken... Science Geek Dec 2012 #19

That was 13+ billion years ago and no longer applies. FarCenter Dec 2012 #24

You are correct, Science Geek Dec 2012 #31

I would love to know how that is true. People say things are gone when the lights roguevalley Dec 2012 #39

Why would you assume that there is something that continues after death? FarCenter Dec 2012 #46

I would love links. I am willing to learn and as for my assumption, I had roguevalley Dec 2012 #50

You might find this interesting -- gateley Dec 2012 #54

Near death experiences are the result of the brain being stressed FarCenter Dec 2012 #55

That's what this neurosurgeon thought, too, but he's changed his mind after experiencing gateley Dec 2012 #59

A belief in after life, more than a belief in god, is what propels the nastyness in religion FarCenter Dec 2012 #60

I've seen variations of this so many times, and it's just silly, IMO CrawlingChaos Dec 2012 #16

I've always deeply admired Carl Sagan's take: hifiguy Dec 2012 #17

I feel the same way...Thanks for posting that. nt lucca18 Dec 2012 #21

Yes! to the world & which can be the source of all the passion one could possibly want. patrice Dec 2012 #27

This is what I pretty much use as a response when people ask me Javaman Dec 2012 #18

and that is a very acceptable idea and view, javaman. roguevalley Dec 2012 #40

The Hubble Space Telescope has seen galaxies 13.9 billion light years distant. tclambert Dec 2012 #20

Too complicated Marta Steele PR Dec 2012 #22

Some of us find a great deal of pleasure in the effort to explain. patrice Dec 2012 #28

So would I, but we had little time left Marta Steele PR Dec 2012 #62

I would love for a physicist to lecture on the conservation of energy vlyons Dec 2012 #23

Yes. The void that is the plenum. RagAss Dec 2012 #29

Nice. Very nice. Roland99 Dec 2012 #26

There are 2 levels of awakening...... RagAss Dec 2012 #30

Good idea...I'd like Dr. Sheldon Cooper to speak at mine...nt joeybee12 Dec 2012 #32

One did speak at my dad's funeral. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #33

As someone who lost their only sibling a year ago this week, this speaks to me right now. Thanks for catzies Dec 2012 #35

Hugs, catzies. I wish you well and I agree. This was a beautiful thread roguevalley Dec 2012 #41

Conservation of energy is not verifiable or consistent across space and time. Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2012 #43

hate to be mean, but why cant we just be dead when we're dead? NightWatcher Dec 2012 #45

Two more things about that energy that lasts forever... Speck Tater Dec 2012 #51

It's not dying, it's the suffering before the end comes... fadedrose Dec 2012 #52

I have a theory... Fix The Stupid Dec 2012 #57

Nirvana fadedrose Dec 2012 #58

it wouldn't help liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #56

Very cool, thanks. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #61