Nothingness

[Sal]

It is absolutely absurd to claim that the universe came from nothing. Why?

To my knowledge, there are no models that define the Universe arising ex nihilio, most of the models treat the Big Bang as a threshold event that we, today at least, are unable to probe because we lack a theory to describe it.

My personal opinion is that the Universe, whatever its structure, is possible to be understood. I think we should be able to project out from the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation to the structure of the Universe before the Big Bang. But it might not be sufficient, again, it's just a personal opinion.

Define nothing? 0 and infinity are equally impossible to correlate with reality. They are words used to illustrate concepts. Anyone claiming to have knowledge of true nothingness or infinity, is simply mistaken. It's much more accurate to say: I don't know.

I am unable to imagine zero or infinity, if that's what you mean, but we can describe it with thought experiments and are able to describe those two sizes with logic and math. I think that alone shows the power of language.

But again, saying "square circle" or the like, is quite different from trying to reconcile those two concepts into one visually.