Far out cosmology: cosmic strings exist? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, April 27, 2018, 15:15 (2189 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID’s comment: Really far out, but the significance for me is that the theorists say that pure energy can exist. It is my theory about God that He is the First Cause, and He thinks and plans without any matter neurons and the universe is an extension of some of His energy, planned and formed by Him and evolved by Him.

dhw: Perhaps you can explain to me how the energy can be pure if the strands are thinner than a (material) atom and “CONTAIN” the energy. Is it then possible to have “pure” energy without a material container? And does energy have weight?

DAVID: You didn't read my excepts. The theorists note the strings are very heavy and are cracks in space time which gives them a container:
"These hairline fractures may still be threaded through space-time. Dubbed cosmic strings, mathematical models see them as invisible threads of pure energy, thinner than an atom but light-years long. The huge amount of energy they contain also makes them extremely heavy; a few centimetres of cosmic string might weigh as much as Mount Everest."
Perhaps you did read this and doubt their theoretical conclusions. All the while you believe a very few scientists who believe cells are intelligent, when the cells are most likely automatically following intelligent instructions in the information they contain to manage living.

dhw: My questions have absolutely nothing to do with cellular intelligence, and I am in no position even to discuss the researchers’ theoretical conclusions! I simply don’t understand how “pure” energy can have weight. And I don’t understand how a crack or “thread” can be thinner than an atom (i.e. materially measurable), "contain" all this energy, and yet not itself be part of the material universe. You haven’t answered either of my questions, so maybe you don’t understand either.

The initial singularity which was the proposed start of the universe was pure energy and of enormous weight equal to that of the universe itself. That's the theorists point of view, that energy has weight! As for the cell theorists I'm simply pointing what is good for the goose is good for the gander. You sincerely believe some scientists when they fit your desired point of view, but then question others. As for thinness of the heavy cracks, that is in the space/time field which only has virtual particles, not atoms.