[AntiGuv]

I just posted this in the other thread, but it might be of interest to some here as well:

The Myth of the Beginning of Time: String theory suggests that the big bang was not the origin of the universe but simply the outcome of a preexisting state.

And, so far as what I said above, I shouldn't have said "no one has a clue" (someone might, for all I know), but rather: No one knows for sure.

[snarks_when_bored]

Thanks for posting that link, AntiGuv.