A Simplified Proof That The Universe Cannot Be Explained

And this is actually verified via the Law of Conservation of Mass & Energy.

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Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.

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By virtue of that law, the implication is that there is no first cause requirement for energy. It simply has always been in existence.I have had this discussion with Creationists in the past when they try to invoke the Cosmological Argument that necessitates the need for a first cause. Which they label 'God'. But as I indicate to them, from an energy standpoint, there is no causal requirement.

Not exactly. At the point of the singularity, space-time was not present. Without the temporal dimension in place, the natural causal relationship between cause and effect is not in place.It is easier to think of the universe and the singularity as different 'states'. Not unlike water changing from liquid to vapor. The universe, at the expansion event, went through a state change.

In actuality, there is no logical segue way from the singularity to asking why there is something rather than nothing. Existence does not require a temporal component. Asking 'why' is also not really a valid question in that circumstance as you are now getting into philosophical constructs versus physics-based assertions. 'Why is there something rather than nothing' or 'Why does the universe exist' are along the same lines as asking 'why do I exist'. It is a question assuming that existence requires a purpose of some sort. And in actuality, existence is not in anyway predicated on the notion of any sort of purpose.If you are asserting that the philosophical questions themselves cannot be answered, that is due to the ambiguity of the question itself and the fact that it is attempting to apply meaning to a mechanism that is not necessarily meaning-based.Note that these statements are common in religious circles in the realm of 'why did god allow my loved one to die' or 'why did god let me get sick'. Once again, they are attempting to assert meaning or purpose to a specific situation or idea, but they don't, in and of themselves, have any absolute proofs. Which is why the response is often 'the lord works in mysterious ways'. The answer is just as ambiguous as the question.Pertaining to the discovery around the nature of the universe, it is far more logical to assert the concepts of randomness and chance. Since we already know that quantum mechanics is chance-based, the nature of the universe and how it manifested from a previous state is more akin to a random event as opposed to any purposeful event.