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Originally Posted by CraigS
Where a slight dilemma comes in for me, is that prior to the BB, 'nothing' existed. However, it seems that energy may have existed either in something like a Higgs field, or in the form of something that was symmetric which got broken. Even Branes contain lotsa energy. When they touch, we end up with a BB !
JJJ;
Matter can arise from nothing. The laws of thermodynamics actually predict it !
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What we need to do is to get away from the old notion of nothing having existed prior to the formation of the present universe. It's something which is still being taught from out of date texts and unfortunately still being promulgated by scientist who are speaking before they're thinking
If the Universe arose from a quantum field prior to the actual Big Bang....i.e. it was in a state of existence/non existence, or in other words a probability state (e.g. Schrodinger's cat), then what actually existed prior to its formation....I'll let you figure that one out