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Jozsef
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The Big Bang is often associated with the concept of a singularity. A singularity is defined as a point in space-time. A common interpretation is that the concept of a point is meant to capture the notion of a unique location in an Euclidean space. This seems to me very misleading in as much that:
1) At the moment of the singularity there was no space-time and consequently no unique location in an Euclidean space.
2)To my opinion, a singularity also leads to the common misinterpretation that the Big Bang occurred somewhere ( anywhere you like) in an already existing space as a unique event in an already existing time.
Would it not be more enlightening to talk about Big BangS and singularitieS ? I mean that every observer, wherever in the universe, could be a singularity on its own and the center of its own Big Bang. Could it be that there are as many singularities and as many "experienced" Big Bangs as there are observers in the entire universe?
Quite controversial I know, but can anyone explain why this approach is potentially impossible?
Many Thanks, Jozsef
1) At the moment of the singularity there was no space-time and consequently no unique location in an Euclidean space.
2)To my opinion, a singularity also leads to the common misinterpretation that the Big Bang occurred somewhere ( anywhere you like) in an already existing space as a unique event in an already existing time.
Would it not be more enlightening to talk about Big BangS and singularitieS ? I mean that every observer, wherever in the universe, could be a singularity on its own and the center of its own Big Bang. Could it be that there are as many singularities and as many "experienced" Big Bangs as there are observers in the entire universe?
Quite controversial I know, but can anyone explain why this approach is potentially impossible?
Many Thanks, Jozsef