Dr. Hakeem Alexander dissects cosmology's founding narrative—from Lemaître's 'primordial atom' (1931) to Guth's cosmic inflation (1981)—revealing why the Big Bang demands metaphysical reckoning:
🔥 Scientific Pillars
- CMB radiation: Penzias/Wilson's Nobel evidence (1964)
- Hubble's redshift: Galaxy flight as cosmic fingerprint (1924)
- Nucleosynthesis: Hydrogen/helium/lithium genesis (first 20 minutes)
🌌 Metaphysical Quake
- Does a 'beginning' contradict eternity?
- Inflation's multiverse: Infinite variations → existential meaning crisis
- Fine-tuning mystery: Why do fundamental constants permit life?
⚛️ Provocations
- Was the singularity a divine trigger? (Lemaître's priest-scientist duality)
- Can causality exist 'before' time? (Hawking's imaginary time critique)
- My thesis' core: How interconnected universes echo ancient oneness philosophies
> From cosmic inflation to nihilism antidotes—a tour de force where empirical data meets eternal questions. I I
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