What prevents scientists from being able model what was before the Big Bang?
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Imagine you are standing at the edge of a cliff, looking out into the vast unknown. This cliff represents the moment of the Big Bang, and everything beyond it is what existed before it. However, instead of an open landscape, you are met with a thick fog that obscures your vision. This fog represents the lack of information and data that scientists have about what existed before the Big Bang.
Just as you cannot see what lies beyond the fog from your current position, scientists cannot observe or gather data about what existed before the Big Bang. And just as the terrain beyond the fog might be vastly different from what you’re familiar with, the conditions and laws of physics before the Big Bang may have been so different from what we understand today that it is impossible to construct a meaningful model.
In other words, the lack of information and the fundamental limitations of our current understanding make it impossible to create a comprehensive model of what was before the Big Bang.
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