Why pontificate on the one question that I think I'll wager will never be answered.
I don't care if we get a working theory of quantum gravity and then a TOE I think this question shall still be unanswered.
Whatever we do, the initial singularity in all likelihood erases priors.
PS
Yes, I think I'll be back a little more. I've taken a year off work to think.
Mainly thinking about fundamental constant variations actually.