What prevents scientists from being able model what was before the Big Bang?

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What prevents scientists from being able model what was before the Big Bang?

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My limited understanding goes like this.
Time as we know it is cause and effect. Let’s say I pick up a ball and move it to my right by one metre. This cause could have taken one or two seconds to complete. The thing is, time only really exists when things are changed, like the balls distance for instance. Before the Big Bang, if there was “nothing” then there would be no cause to create effect therefore time never existed. This gives scientists almost nothing to work with in terms of maths as there’s no information to work with in order to form any prediction.