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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's actually an interesting question, how many of the atoms we have today are directly from the big bang?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

All of them :)

Edit: Or none depending on how you see it. No atoms were formed directly at the Big Bang because too hot, but all atoms' existence is a pretty direct consequence of it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If that's the case I would say none then. The constitute parts aren't the item. (How many ships are produced by a forest? None, we use the wood to make the ships.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All of them? At what point do we consider new atom formation to not be a part of the big bang? Isn't it still ongoing, at least until expansion and atomic formation stops?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I would consider a sun forming new atoms to not be atoms from the big bang.