Is Energy Created at the Start of the Big Bang?

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or am I misinterpreting the start of the big bang? :biggrin:

"energy is neither created nor destroyed, just transferred" :frown:
 
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thankz said:
"energy is neither created nor destroyed, just transferred" :frown:
Yes, short but true! :frown:
 
Silicon Waffle said:
Yes, short but true! :frown:
Not on the cosmological scales.:))
thankz said:
or am I misinterpreting the start of the big bang? :biggrin:
You're misrepresenting the Big Bang - the theory doesn't include a 'start' in any appreciable sense.:confused:

o_Oo0):wideeyed:
 
The law of conservation of energy does not apply to the universe as a whole.
 
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Bandersnatch said:
You're misrepresenting the Big Bang - the theory doesn't include a 'start' in any appreciable sense.:confused:

Best answer, IMHO.
 
According to Lawrence Krauss, the sum total energy of the universe is zero.
 
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