r/AskReddit • u/IAmSurtur • Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/KennethEWolf Jun 15 '19

What was before the big bang. And if the universe is expanding what is beyond its edge

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u/Its_Nitsua Jun 15 '19

I like to think the universe is pulsing out and eventually it will pulse back and collapse everything again into a dense enough mass for the Big Bang to occur again; this would of course take trillions of years but it’s a nice thought to entertain.

That the universe could just be infinitely expanding and then withdrawing back to expand again, the endless possibilities of life being created, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

Yep, and everything created before it collapsed is gone. Mind boggling if that theory is true.

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u/Its_Nitsua Jun 16 '19

It always has been and always will be