[PoPpAScience]

Originally Posted by neutralino I imagine that you won't like my response, because I am probably an "unthinking rationalist" i.e. one who believes in the laws of physics . Anyway to answer your questions: 1. There is, in nature, no such thing as a singularity. If a singularity arises in a mathematical theory, then this simply means that the theory cannot describe that point; i.e. the big bang model cannot describe what happened at t=0. However, when we have a quantum theory of gravity, we would expect this to disappear. 2. The universe is not expanding "into" anything; it is the space itself that is expanding. This may be difficult to imagine at first, but its the only way one can imagine it.

neutralino, I like to first respond to the positive side of your post. Your "1." statement is positive in the way it is put forward for me to respond to.
I agree, in Nature there is no thing as Singularity. In the Big Bang theory, they talk about a singularity that the Universe expanded from. That is what I think of, when I think of singularity, strictly the beginning.

I would respond to this with a question. Are you saying that once a theory of gravity is found, then we may be able to work the math back to the singularity of the Big Bang?

The first part of your "2." statement, I could agree with more. In fact, not only can I imagine the universe Being within itself, I feel the equation to set it in motion, could be: " V=4pi(-r)^3/3 " And (-r), would be a number generator starting at '0', adding 1 consecutively, into infinity.

Now, do I think this is absolute, no. But I am not afraid that my brain will explode if I try to stretch my mind beyond the norm, just like Einstein did. New incites only come from thinking beyond the norm.

Now, to all the negative parts of your post:
First, there is the child like response with the roll of the eyes.
Second, the false statement that one who believes in the laws of physics, is an "unthinking rationalist".