From: The Spark of Creation: What Triggered the Big Bang?

Can you accept an answer that has no cause?

Human brains are hardwired to look for patterns, blame, and triggers. Embracing quantum causelessness challenges our need for control and absolute certainty.

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Write down one major event in your life and try to trace its causes, noticing how quickly the chain of events becomes beautifully chaotic and unpredictable.

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At the absolute beginning of the universe, the conventional structure of causality breaks down.

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Cosmic inflation expanded the early universe at an exponential rate in a fraction of a second.

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Quantum mechanics allows for events to occur spontaneously without any physical cause.

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The Spark of Creation: What Triggered the Big Bang?

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