– Lawrence Krauss: “A Universe from Nothing”
“… It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements – the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution – weren’t created at the beginning of time.”
Lawrence Krauss is another theoretical physicist and cosmologist who tries to make sense of the universe without recourse to religion, or spirituality.
Krauss seeks to reduce the influence of what he regards as superstition and religious dogma in popular culture.
Whether you believe him to be a bit strident in his anti-theism or more of a Carl Sagan-type figure, in his book A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather than Nothing (2012), Krauss discusses the premise that something cannot come from nothing, which has often been used as an argument for the existence of a prime mover. He has since argued that the laws of physics allow for the Universe to be created from nothing.
His idea “And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand” clearly shows that he, along with Carl Sagan, Brian Cox, Stephen Hawkings, etc, have a clear view that we are star stuff – and will return to star stuff.
How cool is that?
PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely, at the same time, and think about the Cosmos.
In the meantime, take care of yourself and if you can, someone else, too, because as Adam Smith said, “we naturally desire not only to be loved but to be lovely”.
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