Originally Posted By: Bill
A big bang could have happened an infinite number of times before the one with which we are familiar.


Possibly this is correct if you are talking of mathematical infinities, but even Cantor talked of an "absolute infinity". This is the sort of concept I am talking about. Mathematically (according to Cantor) this "overarching" infinity does not exist, yet he was unable to dispense with it entirely.

If a BB has happened an infinite number of times, there can be no more to happen. There can be only one "absolute" infinity, and that is outside the realm of mathematics.

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Does this mean you subscribe to the view that infinity is just a big number?

Is there no distinction between "infinite" and "unbounded"?


You are coming back to these questions, I hope?

There never was nothing.