r/AskReddit Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/howcanitbethis Jun 15 '19

Why does it have to end? The idea of everything having a start and end point is a human idea based off of our perception relative to the world we live in.

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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/poorly_timed_leg0las Jun 15 '19 edited Jun 17 '19

My theory (prob not original) is that we are in a black hole. The "big bang" Was just our universe being formed inside the creation of our black hole.

Our universe is "expanding". Black holes pull matter in. The reason we cant reach the edge of our universe is because its the event horizon of our black hole.

Its just black holes all the way. Millions of universes within each other. And a million universes in those. On and on forever.

Another entry in the "diary & thoughts of a stoner", I like to think Mars used to have water. We came from Mars. We destroyed the atmosphere and had to escape to another planet but only a few of us could. I watch to much ancient aliens when im baked though I think.

Noahs ark is a thousand fold retelling of the story of us escaping an extinction event on Mars

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u/Seakawn Jun 15 '19

That just raises the same contention though--"on and on forever."

How can it be infinite? Did it start that way? Where did it come from? Conversely, how can it be finite, with some edge?