Night Vision
by Jake Fried
KERNAL: Genesis
CONTENTS: Big Bang, Origin of Spacetime, Scale, Formation of Stars and Solar system, Origin of Life
My intention with the Genesis section is to present a quick skeleton of the big picture, to help form a context for subsequent Kernals. As such, it's held to a lower bar.
While the scientific account seems to me to be as engaging as any, and not requiring a deity, neither do I see it as in conflict with the spirit of most religious accounts.
So here's a stab at it...
Rendition:
Genesis
In
the beginning was naught
And
the world was not
Nor space nor time
At
a moment that was not yet a moment
The all awoke
Time
was
Space
was
Energy
was
And energy became matter
And matter descended the wells of gravity.
And
this universe was
Vast
in scale beyond imagining
Smaller in scale than the eye can see
And
every scale between
From
this great awakening
Matter
and energy followed their own law
Sliding
ever down the path of entropy
From
order to disorder
From
disequilibrium to equilibrium
Dissipating directional time
Stars those suns like our own
galaxies those myriads of stars
Grew old and died
In
the course of Deep Time
Our
Sun was born
And
planets in its orbit
Moons around them
Our world was born
Hot
and wet
Without vestige of life
On our world
In the deeps of time
In the seethe of chaos
The first ancestor chanced to be
In the seethe of chaos
The first ancestor chanced to be
The
first replicator
That
which copies itself
The ancestor of all life
And
there was life
First, I will assume, in the spirit of this project, that a reboot would even be possible, and if so, that it would be a good idea. Neither is certain.
ReplyDeleteSecond, based on the first assumptions, this is a very ambitious and noble project. Hats off to its originator and to those involved. While I am uncertain of my ability to contribute, I appreciate the opportunity to try. My main contribution would likely be to examine the project critically to help it to reach its goals. My first set of comments come from my initial examination of the project concepts as seen with fresh eyes.