# The beginning of the universe?

**URL:** <https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-beginning-of-the-universe/3759>\
**Category:** Science and Technology\
**Created:** [August 20, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-beginning-of-the-universe/3759 "2014-08-20T22:27:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![loisl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/loisl/32/18_2.png) [@loisl](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/loisl)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-beginning-of-the-universe/3759/1 "2014-08-20T22:27:05Z")

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**Anyone want to take this on, pro or con? One of the most incredible physics discoveries of the century has revealed a “cosmic fingerprint" explaining the beginning of universe and gravity’s microscopic secrets. Go back to the beginning of time to see how quantum particles in the infant universe gave rise to a phenomenon called “inflation." This new evidence tells not only why the universe exploded outward during its birth, but also that gravity is made of quantum particles, called gravitons. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/universe-gravity.html Lois**

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**Author:** ![cuthbertj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/cuthbertj/32/18_2.png) [@cuthbertj](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/cuthbertj)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-beginning-of-the-universe/3759/2 "2014-08-20T23:54:11Z")

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This was posted on another thread but I can’t find it. Anyway, this is really shoddy because it uses loaded wording namely “fingerprint”. Obviously whoever used this term in this context has an agenda.

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**Author:** ![advocatus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@advocatus](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/advocatus)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/the-beginning-of-the-universe/3759/3 "2014-08-22T13:39:12Z")

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As soon as saw the name Brian Greene in the article, I hit the back button. One of my friends was raving about one of his books about string theory, which led me to try and read it. I didn’t understand any of it.