F=MA or E=MC2

[Theorist]

Re: F=MA or E=MC2

@aqua70

What I meant by that statement was that although Mathematics has been invented to explain current phenonomana. I think the universe is far more advanced than that, what about the era before big bang. There were no celestial bodies, no gravity, just gas particles. How did a reaction come out of nothingness to form big bang? Let’s go even farther, how did an atom form out of nothing, why that specific structure? Can that be explained through Math?

I had to think about how to respond to this so thank you!

Here is my two cents. Theory is not just an idea, it is backed up by data and evidence. Mathematical data can be used as evidence. Yes, the universe is far more advanced or we wouldn’t be trying to understand how it works. Mathematics has been long used to make future predictions because we know some parts of the equations but not the rest. How do you think many came to accept the Big Bang theory as the beginning of our universe? It was a combination of sciences and mathematics that determined how our universe came about but Bing Bang isn’t the only theory. There has been many theories actually however they lack supporting evidence so they are less plausible. How do you think we know there were no celestial bodies before the Big Bang? Because we know in certain conditions what can and cannot exist. In this case, we use mathematics to calculate how much of what could exist. Mathematics play a huge role in theoretical and experimental physics. Scientists calculate and hypothesize first then run their experiments accordingly to see if the results support their claim. Without mathematical data and evidence, a theory is pretty much a philosophical idea.

As for how an atom formed out of nothing, there are many theories for that too. It is not necessarily formed out of nothing. One of favorite is Alan Guth’s theory of Cosmic Inflation. It supports the theory of a Multiverse. It claims our universe is one of many in a huge multiverse. A multiverse has every universe of a possible combination of elements meaning there are many beginnings and endings AND there are many of YOU and ME out there. Cosmic Background Radiation, recently observed, also somewhat supports the theory of a multiverse.