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02 June 2018

The Land Before Time

I'm going to be upfront here. I don't have any answers for you, just more questions. True understanding of eternity is far too difficult to comprehend. Why? Possibly we haven't reached a level of clarity that only arrives once we move on, or perhaps we will never understand. The best we can do is accept that we exist in 'time' but that existence is far more unique and exceptional than we give credit for.

Let's take the formation of life, a single Cell, duplicates all of it's molecular substance and splits into two, the process of which we call Mitosis. These two cells then perform the same duplication and split into four, four into 8 and so on so forth. Ignoring Meiosis for now (the shuffling of DNA to allow for variation), As the cells continue to divide, so to does the development of life.  This continues as an embryo emerges, and the circle of life is revealed as we know it today.

Using this example for the creation of the universe, The Big Bang, or A word spoken, or whatever it is you want to believe which created our universe, 'something' happened to create the first particles, or 'Quarks' and 'Leptons', which quite possibly, duplicated and split, creating the beginning of time in a singular instance. A Quark is what current particle physics terms the 'matter which makes up neurons and protons'. While Leptons make up electrons.  Neurons and Protons make up the nucleus of a single atom, the center, with the electrons flying around, circling said nucleus. The atoms bond together with other atoms to make molecules and thus the formation of our surroundings.

So, from the first duplication of matter forward, those 'particles' created the first Atom(s), then created 2, then 4, then 8, then 16. With atoms colliding, binding together forming Molecules, Substance, Elements, and eventually life. Let's not get into quantum physics here as that will introduce further subatomic physics and confuse the hell out of everyone. This is something we can take up at a later time when addressing Dark Matter and Anti Matter.

But doesn't a theory such as this fly in the face of the Law of Conservation? Well Yes and No. If we are to believe that before the big bang, before time existed, there was nothing, and suddenly the entire universe existed and began expanding, then, it is not far fetched to hypothesize that the universes basic growth stems from duplication. Of course, this will all make much more sense the more we delve into the theory, but on the surface, when there is little to no explanation, it can make no sense what so ever.

As it stands, this isn't something we can perceive, this 'force' as I will refer to it, would happen at such speed far beyond perception. If we were to have the ability to watch the beginning of time, it would be nothing, and then 'Existence'. However, this existence is still growing, expanding, creating. And thus the same can be said for you. There is a reason why you exist. But there was also a reason why you didn't exist. As you were to become, Cells duplicated forming intricate paths following the blueprint we call DNA. And then, You! Beforehand you were nothing, and then, 'Existence'.

Based on the Law of Conservation, Atoms can not, and do not replicate. If they did, it would violate this Basic Law. But, just because the Atoms we are able to interact with now don't replicate and thus the observable Law comes into effect, doesn't mean they never did, or that the subatomic particles never did.

Just like Mitosis, Cells Duplicate and split, but eventually they no longer replicate.  It is important for our Cells to duplicate. It allows us to grow and our body to heal when injured. If they don't stop, then we can have complications which lead to the likes of cancerous growths and tumors. In the same manner, atoms, or the subatomic particles that make up atoms would also need to stop duplicating. If not, the build up of mass, the pressure of expansion and the inevitable compression would cause the entire universe to collapse in on itself.

This actually perfectly explains so many observable occurrences we witness in the far reaches of space.

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