In just 1 hour, Professor Jim Al-Khalili, in BBC's 'The Beginning of the Universe', explains how it all began: fantastic! I've been waiting for a definitive answer for ages. Here goes!
2.00 minutes in:
"Where does it all come from?...The answers to such a simple question could only be attempted by religion...in the 20th century, science built a coherent and persuasive creation story of its own".
[GREAT! SCIENCE WILL EXPLAIN IT ALL]
49.00 minutes in:
[GREAT! SCIENCE WILL EXPLAIN IT ALL]
49.00 minutes in:
"...there are still very big questions to be resolved about the beginning of the universe like where did all the matter itself come from?"
[HANG ON - YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE EXPLAINING THAT!]
"...and the question of a universe from nothing at that point was unanswered: "how do you get something from nothing?"
[OH DEAR - THIS DOESN'T LOOK GOOD]
"the answers to these questions lie further back...within the very first second of its existence...at CERN...the largest particle accelerator in the world...the large Hadron Collider"
[FANTASTIC! PHEW - $13BILLON - NOW WE'LL GET THE ANSWER FOR SURE!]
59.00 minutes in, after his visit to CERN:
"while we don't yet know how matter sprung into existence...we're making the first tentative steps towards that discovery...it's not bad...one millionth a second after the big bang itself. How the particles that make up matter itself condensed out of a fog of energy...this is the realm of abstract theory and speculation."
[I DON'T CARE ABOUT 1 SECOND AFTER! FOR #@*$ SAKE! "THE BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE"? YOU SWORE YOU'D EXPLAIN THAT: THE TITLE PROMISED IT! YOU'VE WASTED AN HOUR OF MY LIFE!!!]
