I've given a lot of thought to the Big Bang theory of creation, and have come to realize that we've set the bar too low. Our desire to learn what's out there, and how it all began are understandable. But, being the people that we are, we've already decided that we know part of the answer. That part being "The Big Bang". We've dated the earth, and we've thrown a time on the event that started it all, but I believe our logic is flawed in a very big way.
Why have we assumed that the Big Bang event was the only event? I believe it's because we feel hopelessly perplexed if we don't have an answer, and though we're a long way from understanding everything in the cosmos, the belief that we can pin down a starting point, makes us feel like we're at least on the right path. We know something. I propose that we know nothing, and that our short-sighted beliefs do little more than keep us busy.
Let's look at it as if we were ants, on a mission to understand the same fundamental things that make up the ant universe. A colony of ants on the floor in someone's kitchen, clustered around a fallen piece of bread, might very well be wondering (as they're performing their other routine ant tasks), "Where did we come from?". "Might there be other such pieces of bread?", and of course, "Where did the bread come from?".
If the ants reasoned as we have, they might use their tiny ant telescopes, and determine that the expanse called "the floor", contains other such pieces of bread. And, explorer ants might even conclude that their piece of bread appears to have the same origins as a piece that lies many "ant miles" away. Very interesting. These ant scholars might eventually conclude that once, way back in time, there was "The Big Bread". And, that this big bread, after suffering a traumatic event, shed pieces that flew and fell far and wide. In fact, the ants would be correct, as the big bread was once on the counter, and some careless slicing spawned "The Breadcrumb Universe".
But, the ants, like us, would be horribly wrong if they were satisfied knowing only that much. How did the Big Bread come to be? Might there be other loaves? Might the components of the bread be broken down?
So, if we're correct about the Big Bang, that's great. But, I say, "So what?". That's one event. Surely a big one, but one event nonetheless. And, I theorize that it's one of many. So many that in my opinion, it's almost pointless to attempt to find a single beginning. I believe that simply having a thirst for knowledge, and the desire to understand, does not ensure that there are answers. Maybe, just maybe, Stephen Hawking would be better off working on a better method of human transport or psychic enhancement.
