Big bang Quote by Yuval Noah Harari
““Physicists define the Big Bang as a singularity. It is a point at which all the known laws of nature did not exist. Time too did not exist. It is thus meaningless to say that anything existed ‘before’ the Big Bang.””
About This Quote
Source Speech: Sapiens Lecture, 2020
The Big Bang marks the origin of space, time, and physical laws, making any notion of “before” meaningless.
In simple terms: The universe began with a point where laws and time started.
Accept that origins can be unknowable.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- academic discussion
- science education
- philosophical debate
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- What does “before” mean without time?
- How do we conceptualize origins?
It oversimplifies complex cosmology for rhetorical effect.