Something pretty mysterious had to give rise to the origin of the universe.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The universe is so unique and perfect that it could not have originated by chance but was divined by flawless, creative design.
This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began expanding from an extremely small size. To many people this inference was loaded with overtones of a supernatural event - the creation, the beginning of the universe.
I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling.
We should get used to the idea that we'll probably never be able to find - and confirm - a good explanation of the ultimate origin of the universe, though I see no reason to believe that we can't press much further on this question than we have managed to date.
I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.
The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science.
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
When my father died, those years when he was working on the Hubble came back to me, and it seemed fitting to imagine him as having somehow merged with the large mystery that the universe represents.
Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe.
People have contemplated the origin and evolution of the universe since before the time of Aristotle. Very recently, the era of speculation has given way to a time of science.