Originally Posted by sirChuck

Initially I was trying to stay on topic of what comes after the universe, but got sidetracked in to the age of the universe sorry for the confusion.

However, I just assumed we based the estimated age of the universe on what we do know. In particular, the stars we know and the charted data of the movements of these stars. Perhaps you could give me some referance to other methods used to determine the age of the universe other than the stars we observe.

Maybe we are talking about two differnet things when we say universe so let me clarify, perhaps I am using the wrong word. To me the universe is everything in our three dimentional space. I dont think you can put an age on the beginning of the universe the way I see it because then you could always ask what was in the universe before it was born?

I think when you say universe your talking about the known universe in wich case you are probably right. 15billion years ago or so perhaps our known universe was born.



In my opinion asking questions is the fundamental epicenter science. Ever since you asked your mom why the sky is blue. At some point it was a question without a way to determine the answer. To switch to philosophy how does this grab you, Who is to say what cannot be known, or what we cannot know the answer too?

Thank you for your input, and I realize I am probably way wrong I am a computer programmer not a scientest.

cheers