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by Terminatorex on April 17th, 2008

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What was before the Big Bang?

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  • by rodschmidt on April 17th, 2008

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    We don't know, because the Big Bang was so loud and noisy (and bright) that it obscured any evidence of whatever might have been before.

    Quantum mechanical principles tell us that anything which is very small must have a large momentum uncertainty -- it must be moving very rapidly, and at a variety of speeds. Also simple inertia tells us that if all the stuff was moving away from a common center just after, then it must have been moving toward that center just before. But relativity, with its mucking of space and time, may mess that up.

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      Terminatorex

      by Terminatorex on May 5th, 2009

    • If it 'must' have been moving toward it before, does that mean the products of a chemical explosion were also moving toward the site before ignition?

      LarryH54

      by LarryH54 on March 1st, 2011

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