Ilya Zakharevich wrote: > [A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to > greg > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>], who wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Ilya Zakharevich wrote: >>> In pedantic mode: negative timestamps make sense with Big Bang as the >>> epoch as well. (AFAIU, the current way of thinking is that it was >>> "just too hot" before the big bang, it is not that "there was >>> nothing".) >> If Stephen Hawking is right, the shape of the universe >> is such that there isn't any time "before" the big bang >> at all. It's like asking what's north of the North Pole. > > I do not remember any statement like this - even from 70s... Could > you provide a reference? There were conjectures about "initial > singularity", but I do not recollect them related to SH. > Its in "A Short History of Time". Sorry I can't quote chapter or page, but a friend borrowed my copy and lent me Dawkins "Climbing Mount Improbable" before vanishing, never to be seen since. Not an equal exchange: I preferred ASHOT to CMI.
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