Question: How was the first Hydrogen atom in the Universe created from empty space? In fact -- how are any Hydrogen atoms created from empty space? (Because

Question: How was the first Hydrogen atom in the Universe created from empty space? In fact -- how are any Hydrogen atoms created from empty space? (Because that's quite the trick... if you ask me...) If you have an answer for that question -- then I challenge your knowledge by asking that you prove that knowledge with a lab experiment... Produce for me, in the lab, using whatever equipment you like, one single teensy Hydrogen atom -- out of nothing but empty space... Produce for me a single Hydrogen atom -- in a vaccuum... You see, if someone understood how to do that then that would be a huge understanding for any material scientist because if they could do that, then They would understand how matter is created in the first place... Which is sort of the root level understanding for all material science (if you think about it) for Hydrogen and every heavier element and compound than Hydrogen... for everything material science related... Please tell me that you as a material scientist -- actively seek this knowledge... Why? Because if I were doing material science, I'd be actively seeking that knowledge, as a foundation for everything else... For everything else that would exist subordinate to, and on top of (to use the foundation analogy) it, or below (to use a pyramid/hierarchy analogy) it... Why? Because I don't know how Hydrogen is created in the first place! It seems like that would be the place to begin any and all material science research/experimentation, that is, how the first material in the universe is actually created, wouldn't it? If it could be discovered, then that would be the first principle -- from which all material science would proceed from, from which all other principles in material science were derived, wouldn't it? Me, well I claim Socratic Ignorance in the matter... I don't know -- but then again, no one pays me to, so I guess that's OK! <g> On a serious note though, it would be really good information to have, do you not agree?