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Originally Posted by Valloric
The Big Bang created both space and time (the spacetime continuum). So there was literally no "before" before the Big Bang. Time itself did not exist.
This is an intrinsically difficult concept to grasp for most people.
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Ah, but, if the ideas regarding the 16th dimension and parallel dimensions prove to be correct (and they are mathematically intriguing) then the BB might just be a blow out from another universe. In which case, you only have the lack of time and matter in this universe that began with the Big Bang.
Further, the speck that caused the BB still had to come from somewhere. Unless matter and energy are simply allowed to spring out of nowhere, which is not something that I have seen supported by any science.
There are very few concepts that are intrinsically difficult for me to grasp. But then that's probably because I've got a number of theoretical physicists in the family.
Oh, and PS .... stated with all due respect if you happen to be a theoretically physicist. If so, what is your main sub-branch of interest? I've got one first cousin who works on the cutting edge of string theory; another who is working on chaos theory. My brother is technically a physicist, but he has gone in house and is working on practical application.