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laconicsax

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Wed Nov-18-09 04:05 PM
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7. Nice post, Chicken Little!

Asking about what existed before the big bang is analogous to asking what's south of the south pole. There is no "before" the big bang, ergo "how the universe came into existence prior to the big bang" is meaningless. That's why physicists don't have a clue about it--it's the same reason why cartographers don't have a clue what's south of the south pole.

Watch this talk given by Lawrence Krauss. In the Q&A at the end, he addresses your concern that the Large Hadron Collider could create a new expanding universe. (link to the video) (link to the question itself)

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