The Big Bang Theory

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Throughout history, philosophers have pondered how the universe began. For centuries, it was just that…pondering. It wasn’t until the 20th century that enough evidence began to accumulate about the universe that it was possible to establish a reasonable theory. Ultimate, it wasn’t until 1927 when a 31-year-old Catholic Priest from Belgium, using the latest scientific discoveries, proposed a theory to explain the origin of the universe. Learn more about the Big Bang Theory, how it came about, and how we think it happened on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. Noom Noom is not just another diet or fitness app. It’s a comprehensive lifestyle program designed to empower you to make lasting changes and achieve your health goals. With Noom, you’ll embark on a personalized journey that considers your unique needs, preferences, and challenges. Their innovative approach combines cutting-edge technology with the support of a dedicated team of experts, including registered dietitians, nutritionists, and behavior change specialists. Noom’s changing how the world thinks about weight loss. Go to noom.com to sign up for your trial today! Rocket Money Rocket Money is a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills—all in one place. It will quickly and easily find your subscriptions for you –and for any you don’t want to pay for anymore, just hit “cancel,” and Rocket Money will cancel it for you. It’s that easy. Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Throughout history philosophers have pondered how the universe began.
0:04.0	And for centuries it was just that, pondering.
0:07.0	It wasn't until the 20th century that enough evidence began to accumulate about the universe
0:12.0	that it was possible to establish a reasonable theory.
0:15.2	Ultimately in 1927, a 31-year-old Catholic priest from Belgium, using the latest scientific
0:20.4	discoveries, proposed a theory to explain the origins of the universe.
0:24.8	Learn more about the Big Bang Theory, how it came about, and how we think it happened on this
0:28.7	episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. daily. The origin of the universe is a pretty heady thing. It should come as no surprise that it's a question that philosophers have asked for thousands of years.
0:53.0	Aristotle believed that the universe was immortal.
0:56.0	It had no beginning and simply always was.
0:59.0	Aristotle's view was simply a belief that he held without any real evidence.
1:02.0	It seemed reasonable to him so we want with it.
1:05.6	While Aristotelian philosophy held sway for centuries, his belief in the origin of the universe did not.
1:11.9	All three of the major Abrahamic religions, Islam, Judaism, Christianity
1:16.4	hold that the universe had a definite beginning. In the Middle Ages, a host of Christian, Islamic,
1:21.4	and Jewish philosophers pondered the question of a universe with a finite age.
1:25.5	The Jewish philosopher Mymonides claimed that it was impossible to prove that time and hence the universe was finite or infinite.
1:33.2	The great Byzantine philosopher John Philippanes, the Arab philosopher El Kindi, the Persian philosopher
1:38.2	El Gazali, and the German philosopher Emmanuel Kant have all pondered the question of a finite and definite
1:44.2	origin to the universe. In 1225 the English theologian Robert Grosatesti
1:49.4	actually came close to the modern theory when he posited that the universe began with an explosion.
1:54.3	Even Edgar Allan Poe threw his head into the ring in the 19th century claiming that
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