The Big Bang initiated space, time, and processes that led to humans, and cosmologists now empirically probe the universe's origins despite conceptual challenges.
Why There Is Something Instead of Nothing May Be All About Perspective
Claiming the quantum vacuum disproves 'nothing' commits a category error: quantum fluctuations are something, so the philosophical question remains unanswered.
Alien minds might infer different fundamental laws, observables, and mathematics because differing biology and environments could produce physics that looks unfamiliar to humans.
Are observers fundamental to physics, or simply byproducts of it? | Aeon Videos
Observers may be central to physics or merely byproducts of phenomena independent of consciousness; quantum experiments and fine-tuning considerations probe their significance.