Big Bang Origin?

The orgin of the BB is "a mystery wrapped in a enigma contained in a riddle." The events that occurred at t=something before Plankes time, are forever obscured from human knowlege. As time and space and the cosmos have they're begining once this event took place. One can use scientific methodology to tease out the details. But anything prior is speculation. It was Carl Sagen that said. " The Cosmos is all there ever was, and all there ever will be." Speculating before that is fun and interesting but just as silly as say "here be dragons." IMO. I doubt we ever stop asking the questions.

Hello, Trekuhrid. Heh, wont you be dissapointed if you ever find out there is no why. That is it in a nut shell.
Reason de entre' a reason for being.

Hi Cavediver,
I do appreciate your post and insights.When you say : "eventual recollapse" ie: as in the original closed universe scenario. Is this a fairly recent view? I was under the impression that the universe had enough mass to expand indefinately.
That the 'big crunch' was not in our future.

I thought that NASA's WMAP site: WMAP Cosmology 101: Shape of the Universe Implied a open universe that is perpetual. The last updated Dec 05. Although I do believe what Cavediver says because he is still emersed in academia.

Hello Cavediver,
Thanks for the reply.
I am always intriqued by nature. Everytime I think I am in understanding the "exception to the rule" clause always rears it's
head futher confounding me.I find it very amazing that the universe's self perpetuating nature allows the homeostasis that is condusive to our existance. That is the reason I am interested in the ultimate picture of what will eventually happen to all this stuff.