On Jul 6, 1:59*pm, "Sal" wrote:
I see "quantum soup" referred to in the context of the time immediately
after the Big Bang. *How would you describe the latter-day quantum soup?

After the time when the universe changed from being opaque to being
transparent to EM light waves, a dilution of the quantum soup has
occurred. The increase in the wavelength of the Big-Bang energy is
proportional to the expansion of the universe. When the quantum soup
gets diluted enough to cease its expansion pressure, gravity will take
over and the universe will collapse into another singularity - ad
infinitum - just as it has "always" been. The quantum soup is like a
spring that releases expansion energy for a time and then stores
collapsing energy for a time. What could possibly have more inertia
than the entire universe?

P.S. It's hard to talk about the passing of time when time is known to
cease to exist during a singularity. "How long does a singularity
last?" is a nonsense question because time is undefined during a
singularity.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com