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> What happened before the big-bang? Perhaps this is like asking the question "What value did the system clock have before the computer was turned on?"
by cecilpl2 4y ago
> What happened before the big-bang?
Perhaps this is like asking the question "What value did the system clock have before the computer was turned on?"
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoWell, before the big bang, there had to be some environment that was such that a big bang could occur. (Just as, before the computer was turned on, there had to be a computer there to turn on.) The question may be unanswerable from the information available in this universe (or, in the analogy, within the computer), but we know that there had to be something there.
- layer8 4y agoProbably not a good analogy, since generally there’s an RTC running even if the computer is off. ;)