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Originally Posted by Pazuzu
No, the big bang theory says that we are in a 4 dimensional spacetime region, and we are seeing 3 dimensions of it. That region expanded from a quantum fluctuation in the primordial Higgs field, which crested over the Mexican hat potential barrier and then rolled down the potential well, expanding in 4 dimensions. The expansion was rapid (many times faster than the speed of light) for several seconds, which was called the Inflationary Era. Then, the total energy density of the Universe dropped enough for matter decoupling, which was the moment that the energy soup shattered into matter and photons. The photons have been traveling around ever since, and are seen as the Cosmic Background Radiation. Matter has been expanding into the 4th dimensions ever since, which is the Hubble expansion that we see with telescopes.
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Oh yeah! I forgot about the Mexican hat potential. Things are gonna get really weird because we are definitely in another Inflation Era. It’s amazing how everything is connected!