[extropy-chat] Big Bang & "the origin of the Universe"

[Dirk Bruere]

On 2/6/06, Jeff Medina <analyticphilosophy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your thoughts, Russell.
>
> On 2/5/06, Russell Wallace <russell.wallace at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  Suppose there is indeed no information about what if anything existed
> > before the Big Bang (rather than said information just not being
> detectable
> > with current technology). Then any belief about said prior state is
> going to
> > be philosophical rather than scientific; said prior state is not part of
> our
> > universe; and it is true to say the Big Bang is the origin of the
> universe.
>
> Now suppose there is indeed no information about whether Something can
> come into existence from Nothing. (There is indeed no such
> information. And virtual particles don't count because they come into
> existence from a background of spacetime, not Nothing.)\


Do the laws of physics 'predate' the universe?
If so, that particular Platonic realm is fundamental.
If not, then *anything* can happen because there are no constraints
whatsoever..

Dirk
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