| CommonNinja said: Truth is, scientist don't even know that the big bang happened. It is just the best theory they have for the Orgin of our universe other than 'in the beginning God". There are also many countless other problems with the theory such as how we got all of the elements on the periodic table from just hydrogen. Some scientist have tried to say that fusion (happens in stars) can explain this, but the problem with that is you can't fuse new elements past Iron. Another problem with is is that the big bang theory defys the law of entropy (2nd law of therodynamics) which states that the universe, and everything in it naturally tends towards chaos, and that order cannot arise on it's own from chaos unless thier is an inteligent system or creature to harnass that energy. Raw energy alone (like with the big bang) can only destroy things (just like how the sun causes erosion, or the energy from an atomic bomb is destructive). To have order, you need a organism/system such as a plant to harness the energy (like sunlight) and use it to create order. Scientist are still unsure how an explosion that they think happened billions of years ago could have possibly created the immensely orderly systems such as solar systems and even galaxys that we see today. |
Let me correct these statements:
1) It is right that iron is the element with lowest mass/nuclei relation. This means fusion from iron to heavier nuclei does not release energy but consume it. So in fusion up to iron a star will release energy in form of light, while fusion from iron to heavier elements (mostly through neutron capture) takes away some of the energy inside a star. If that wouldn't be the case, stars would just continue to burn forever (or until all the mass has been transformed to energy).
Also if you look at the elements available on earth most elements up to iron are quiet common, while heavier elements become rarer , which is a result of heavier elements needing more energy(/more captured neutrons) to be produced. The very heavy ones come from supernovae where theres plenty of energy available.
The production of elements heavier than iron are no mystery at all.
2)The second law of thermodynamics is stated for closed systems! So it would only apply to a universe that is constant in volume. But our universe is expanding! But yes, it is still an open question why the distribution of mass in our universe is not more homogeneous.
I can totally agree to this: "It is just the best theory they have for the Orgin of our universe other than 'in the beginning God"."
But please don't post false statements!
Also, if a law of physics doesn't fit to an observation, that does not mean that the only answer left is god but that we need to find a new theory.
Just think of Newtons laws of motion, which seemed accurate at the time. But where found to be wrong for relativistic particles (things close the speed of light). Instead of just giving up on the matter, it was renewed by the theory of relativity.
