Is the universe just one big atom?

[flobadob]

That's what I've taken from watching this site http://micro.magnet.f...ceopticsu/powersof10/

[jomifl]

No and the planets don't have coloured tails

[MarkRae]

Yes it is, and every atom in our universe is itself another universe, ad infinitum in both directions...

[douglas9401]

I agree completely with MarkRae. I've believed this for about 40 years.

[Whickerman]

not sure about the universe but the solar system takes the form of an atom.

[Khandro]

Very grateful for the link flobadob, visually beautiful and thought provoking.

[Jemisa]

Does it matter? Don't really want to think of such things on a beautiful day like today.

jem

[venator]

Agree with MarkRae - I wonder what we're an atom of, though?

I'd hate to be part of a super Big Mac!

[Khandro]

Mark seems very certain about this, has he been on the hash pipe do you think?

[Old_Geezer]

In similar fashion:

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on,
While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.

[modeller]

No ! If you said 'like an atom ' then yes it can be compared, but to start with the path of sub atomic particles is largely random . Their positions can not be predicted whereas we know exactly where our planets are in our solar system .
We know where the galaxies are and the constellations as far as our technology allows us , but with the atom there is never a stable situation.

[Arksided]

If we are but sub-tonic particles such as that have been split .. like an atom then are we creating another dimension in the time space/continuum?