What Came Before the Big Bang?

[DaveC426913]

Is life after death the same as life before birth?

Heh. No. There's actual evidence of life before birth.:D

 

[jerromyjon]

The indisputable evidence is that nothing is ever gained or lost, the sum remains the same.

I don't know of any theories which postulate that anything is created from nothing, except quantum foam, for which I believe it assumes that anything created must be consumed at some other point or "borrowed". So yes life before death should equal life after death.

 

[Drakkith]

The indisputable evidence is that nothing is ever gained or lost, the sum remains the same.

Tell that to the CMB...

 

[jerromyjon]

The reply: Something huge was not here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMB_cold_spot

A primordial black hole?

 

[bapowell]

Primordial black holes form from overdensities just like galaxies, and so should appear as hot spots in the CMB.

 

[phinds]

The indisputable evidence is that nothing is ever gained or lost, the sum remains the same.

You should learn some basic cosmology before making such a statement. As drakkith pointed out, the CMB is one example of something for which this is in fact demonstrably NOT true.

 

[jerromyjon]

I'm obviously lacking in my understanding of temperature here, I'm going to do some more research and see if I can figure out what I'm missing...

 

[phinds]

I'm obviously lacking in my understanding of temperature here, I'm going to do some more research and see if I can figure out what I'm missing...

Well, one thing that you may not be aware of is that on cosmological scales, there is no such thing as conservation of energy.

 

[Nugatory]

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