How extraordinary! The very essence of physical science is that scientists insist that things have causes. They are utterly dedicated to this simple rule, with one exception, however: they regard the universe – or the sum of all existent things – as the only exception. It alone is completely uncaused and simply popped into being all by itself. in other words, the only exception to the rule that applies to every thing is everything. Those of them with enough intellect to find the big bang embarrassing, then try to resolve this predicament by saying that infinitely large numbers of universes had simply popped into being all by themselves. That might appear logical to them, but to me it simply multiplies the dilemma infinitely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How extraordinary! The very essence of physical science is that scientists insist that things have causes. They are utterly dedicated to this simple rule, with one exception, however: they regard the universe – or the sum of all existent things – as the only exception. It alone is completely uncaused and simply popped into being … <\/p>\n