Quote of the Day: "The Creation Not Only of All Matter and Energy, But of Spacetime Itself"

"An initial cosmological singularity . . . forms a past temporal extremity to the universe. We cannot continue physical reasoning, or even the concept of spacetime, through such an extremity. . . . On this view the big bang represents the creation event; the creation not only of all the matter and energy in the universe, but also of spacetime itself."  -- Paul Davies, quoted by William Lane Craig, here.
      
Lots of good stuff on P.C.W. (Paul) Davies, at Wiki.

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