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Big Bang and QM
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Big Bang and QM
I was reading about Hawking, and he said that there was really no point, scientifically, in considering what time was/wasn't before a certain time (not sure if it was t=0 or t=planck time), due to our inability ever to collect information at that point.

But I'm curious if there are philosophical positions to which views on the Big Bang matter.  For example, is it possible that the entire universe is in a state of superposition, and that indeterminacy is a kind of relative effect?  Was it possible that entire galaxies full of material started off in an entangled state?

Most importantly, even though we might never be able to collect direct information, is there a possibility that there's information embedded in material properties or interactions, or is there really a brick wall that can never be broken through?

Okay, sorry for the woo, but I really am curious about philosophical side-notes to modern physics that may end up getting ignored because it's just not the stuff that scientists can do good work with.
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RE: Big Bang and QM
I just can't get my head around how vastly different the quantum world is to our perceived version of reality.
I've accepted the fact that my limited senses, coupled to a limited brain processor, numbercrunching very limited information has give me a perceived reality that is anything but real.
(rubbish in/rubbish out)

I'm basically just enjoying the ride until I cark it ....
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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