Before 10^-43 seconds after the Big Bang occured, all four fundamental forces of physics were unified, therefore it is impossible to deduce what occured at that time, when time and space didn't even exist. Essentially I'm asking what happened before there were physical laws, the creation of matter, and the beginning of the expansion of time and space; the beginning of time?
2006-06-14 09:44:40 · 7 answers · asked by trancevanbuuren 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Mathematetically, philosophically, nothing. That has been the big question since Einstein theorized that the universe had a beginning. The question moves from the realm of science, a process of theory and discovery, to revelation, a process of information delivery. In short because nothing (not mathematic formulas, time, energy, literally anything) existed the only way for us to know what happened prior to the Big Bang is by devine revelation. Science has struggled with this idea for a long time and many theories have been proposed but all theories proposed require a moment when nothing existed and then suddenly there is existence. This is the principle behind the Cosmological Argument. Briefly since everything that exists has a cause, the universe exists, it must logically have a cause. I would encourage you to read, 'When Skeptics Ask', by Norman Geisler or 'I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist', by Geisler and Turk. Good luck on your search.
2006-06-14 09:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Planck Epoch
2016-10-21 09:59:09 · answer #2 · answered by cyree 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the bigger question would be this; before the Big Bang, how long (in human time terminology) was there simple consciousness and did it get bored and "make" something for entertainment?
And if the big bang created matter, time, space, dimensions etc.isn't it still happening and aren't we creating the illusion of "time:" passing as a way for our brains to be able to seperate specifics when it's really all "happening" simutaneously?
2006-06-14 10:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by Mimi Di 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't make sense to ask what happened before spacetime cohered. We are not capable of thinking about timelessness.
The Plank epoch represents our limit of our knowledge.
2006-06-14 09:50:25 · answer #4 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe said to itself, "It think I will exist."
2006-06-14 15:04:05 · answer #5 · answered by pick_stocks_or_your_nose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'll probably find that somewhere in the fiction aisle in the library
2006-06-14 09:49:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll have to ask God when you get to Heaven.
2006-06-14 09:51:02 · answer #7 · answered by williegod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋