In many ways, major events like the origin of the universe (if there is an origin at all) are the ultimate magic trick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
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I thought “if there is an origin at all” was bizarre.
I think it mostly depends on what you mean by “origin”, but it’s definitely not bizarre. There probably is no sense in which we can talk about time before the Big Bang, but certain multiverse theories do suggest universes prior to ours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
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I thought “if there is an origin at all” was bizarre.
I think it mostly depends on what you mean by “origin”, but it’s definitely not bizarre. There probably is no sense in which we can talk about time before the Big Bang, but certain multiverse theories do suggest universes prior to ours.