Big Bang Singularity: Was It As "Infinitely Dense" As We Think?

[Shane Kennedy]

Is there such a thing as pure, formless, energy ? If there is, could that have been what existed before the Big Bang ?

 

[phinds]

Is there such a thing as pure, formless, energy ?

No. Energy is a property, not something concrete that can exist by itself.

If there is, could that have been what existed before the Big Bang ?

No, because again, such a thing doesn't exist.

 

[Shane Kennedy]

No. Energy is a property, not something concrete that can exist by itself. No, because again, such a thing doesn't exist.

According to current theory.

I suggest that mass is a property too.

 

[PeterDonis]

According to current theory.

As well as all current evidence.

I suggest that mass is a property too.

For some definitions of the term "mass", yes, this is correct.

What does any of this have to do with the topic of this thread?

 

[Shane Kennedy]

As well as all current evidence.
For some definitions of the term "mass", yes, this is correct.

What does any of this have to do with the topic of this thread?

What could have "seeded" the Big Bang

 

[PeterDonis]

What could have "seeded" the Big Bang

Our best current model is that the Big Bang happened at the end of a previous inflation era. But this is still an open topic of research.