2007-03-02 15:50:24 · 5 answers · asked by me2 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Who told you that?
For as long as the universe as we know it has existed, both space and time existed. General Relativity considers them closely related. "before" the universe existed (big bang or otherwise), we have no clue what reality was like. The most likely is that God created space-time as part of the same action that created the physical universe. There really is no other theory other than a vague idea of parallel universes, which has no basis outside of science fiction.
Science can extrapolate what we observe today in the expanding universe back in time. Extrapolation is by far the least accurate analytic process. But even if some big bang theory is true, what about before that? Where did it all come from?
2007-03-02 16:35:04 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter if there is space if there isn't some mass to occupy it. Time is a condition of entropy, so there needs to be mass in order for there to be time. And mass requires space to exist in.
2007-03-02 23:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In some sense, time is the measure of changes, cycles, or movement, which require space to occur in.
2007-03-02 23:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by mcd 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because time is an artificial construct, and without space there is no need for such a construct.
2007-03-03 00:00:51 · answer #4 · answered by Paranoid Android 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A molecule that dreams of existing but does not.
2007-03-02 23:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋