--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I wonder what science has to say about what existed >BEFORE the Big Bang? > Santosh Helekar responded: According to the prevailing scientific hypothesis there was no "BEFORE" before the Big Bang. Time itself began with the Big Bang. Space, time, matter/energy emerged at the moment of the Big Bang. This is currently the most parsimonious explanation from the available data and the mathematical formalism of general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
Mario replies: Wow! This sounds suspiciously like the scientific equivalent of religious "faith", or the sophisticated, scientific way to say, "Who knows?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Make your mother in Goa happy on Mothers' Day. http://www.goa-world.com/goa/expressions/mothersday/ Limited "Mother's Happiness" packages. First come, first serve. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
