1.61803 writes:
shadow71 writes:
Prior to the big bang, when time did not exist, were there laws of nature
The fundalmental forces that manifest reality would not be able to influence a vaccum. So in order for there to be something there must first be spacetime. Prior to the existance of the universe there was no strong force, because there were no atoms. There was no gravity because gravity requires spacetime and matter..
There was no weak force either. Nor electromagnatism.
So in essence the answer seems to be prior to the big bang the forces that drive our cosmos did not exist.
I say that tentatively.
If 1.61803 is correct how could there be a spontaneous formation out of nothing?