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Niayesh Afshordi is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo. Phil Halper @PhilHalper1 is a science communicator and YouTuber. Together, they have authored a book called Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins, an overview of the state of modern cosmology on the nature of the big bang.
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0:00 What Actually is the Big Bang?
8:36 Myths About the Big Bang
13:47 Christianity’s Reaction to the Big Bang
19:41 The Big Bang Might Not Be the Beginning of the Universe
26:38 The Observable Universe
35:14 Can We Study Something Beyond Observational Capacity?
45:24 Inflation and the Multiverse
53:10 Is Inflation Past-Eternal?
01:05:17 How Can We Get the Beginning of Time at a Point in Time?
01:11:12 Does Philosophy Say the Universe Can’t be Past-Eternal
01:23:26 The Holographic Universe Theory
01:32:17 Do the Laws of Physics Break Down at the Big Bang?
01:34:25 Can a Universe Come From Nothing?
01:45:34 Is the Big Bang a Faith-Based Miracle?
01:56:59 Where Will Our Discoveries Take Us?
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