RM> KK> If we assume the big bang model and wind the clock back to its
RM> KK> earliest moments, we see that at some point pressures and
RM> KK> temperatures were so great that atoms could not form; at an
RM> KK> earlier point protons and electrons could not form, etc.  If
RM> KK> matter as it now exists could not exist, then time as we know it
RM> KK> could not exist. We could call this "the beginning of time", but
RM> KK> at some point we would be getting into the tangles created by
RM> KK> human concepts of 'cause' and 'first cause' and such.
RM>What was the cosmic singularity inside of?
Relativity showed that space and time are not absolutes existing
independently of matter; rather, space and time are properties
of matter.
If we apply this to the BB model, then the BB did not expand
into a pre-existing space and time; rather, space and time
appeared along with matter as we know it.  That's a truly weird
concept to try and wrap your mind around, but relativity has been
right about so many other things that it's very likely right
about that too.
 * SLMR 2.1a * Never agree with me -- it shakes my self-confidence. -WRE
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