> then they might as well have not happened "Might as well not" is different from "Did not". That's all I, and Mr Hawking, are saying. In fact, your first s

> then they might as well have not happened "Might as well not" is different from "Did not". That's all I, and Mr Hawking, are saying. In fact, your first sentence is literally just a paraphrase of my quote from Hawking. > You are making a very strong assertion that something did carry through No, I most certainly did not. All I said is, there could have been something, or could have not been. I did not say something did happen prior to the big bang, just that it is wrong to say that it could not have.