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Re:Physicists Debate Hawking’s Idea That the Universe Had No... by pavel_lishin on Thursday June 06, 2019 @11:45AM (#20115626)
The computer, and the external universe of which it is unaware, still have time.
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Re:Physicists Debate Hawking’s Idea That the Universe Had No... by Cyph0n on Thursday June 06, 2019 @11:50AM (#20115689)
Total amateur here: how do we know that time did not exist before the beginning of the universe?
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Re:Physicists Debate Hawking’s Idea That the Universe Had No... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:35PM (#20116900)
Almost-total amateur here: We don't.

We really don't. We don't have any physical evidence of anything from before the big bang (presuming that's what we call the "beginning"). Zero. All we have is people having views on the current situation, trying to apply those views backwards to "before", where they may or may not fit, and saying "I think it's like this".

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