World Reading Club [W[R]C]

Beyond the Singularity: Big Bang's 13.8-Billion-Year Echo & the Multiverse Paradox


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Dr. Hakeem Alexander dissects cosmology's founding narrative—from Lemaître's 'primordial atom' (1931) to Guth's cosmic inflation (1981)—revealing why the Big Bang demands metaphysical reckoning:

🔥 Scientific Pillars

- CMB radiation: Penzias/Wilson's Nobel evidence (1964)

- Hubble's redshift: Galaxy flight as cosmic fingerprint (1924)

- Nucleosynthesis: Hydrogen/helium/lithium genesis (first 20 minutes)

🌌 Metaphysical Quake

- Does a 'beginning' contradict eternity?

- Inflation's multiverse: Infinite variations → existential meaning crisis

- Fine-tuning mystery: Why do fundamental constants permit life?

⚛️ Provocations

- Was the singularity a divine trigger? (Lemaître's priest-scientist duality)

- Can causality exist 'before' time? (Hawking's imaginary time critique)

- My thesis' core: How interconnected universes echo ancient oneness philosophies

> From cosmic inflation to nihilism antidotes—a tour de force where empirical data meets eternal questions. I I

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World Reading Club [W[R]C]By Flor Elizabeth Carrasco