Comment Re:Wrong question (Score 0) 740
"before the big bang" isn't so hard to comprehend, even in the absence of any contemporary physics you may or may not understand.
What integer comes *before* the number zero? While this is meaningless if you are observing some tangible item like apples, if you're observing the state of any oscillating/cyclic system it's perfectly acceptable. And anyone trained in the sciences should be able to tell you that in cyclic systems, the sign'dness of any perceptible variable of any system state is relative to your point of reference.
I find it quite elegant and physicist-like to suppose that the big bang as just one state, the beginning of one period if you please, of an oscillating system.
What integer comes *before* the number zero? While this is meaningless if you are observing some tangible item like apples, if you're observing the state of any oscillating/cyclic system it's perfectly acceptable. And anyone trained in the sciences should be able to tell you that in cyclic systems, the sign'dness of any perceptible variable of any system state is relative to your point of reference.
I find it quite elegant and physicist-like to suppose that the big bang as just one state, the beginning of one period if you please, of an oscillating system.
