Was the Big Bang a Beginning or a Boundary Condition?
Was the Big Bang a Beginning or a Boundary Condition?
Reframing the Cosmological Origin as a Coherence-Shifted Phase Interface
By Luis Ayala — OPHI / OmegaNet / ZPE-1
The traditional Big Bang narrative describes a singular moment — a “beginning” of time, space, energy, and the universe itself.
But this idea raises deep conceptual challenges:
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What preceded the beginning?
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How did physical constants emerge instantaneously?
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Why was entropy so low?
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How could geometry arise from nothing?
Drift-aware cosmology offers a more coherent view:
The Big Bang was not a beginning. It was a boundary condition — a structured transition between a high-coherence informational pre-state and the emergent, geometric universe.
1. Problems with the Beginning Model
Singular-beginning models imply:
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No prior structure
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Instantaneous emergence of space
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Infinite curvature and density
These assumptions are unphysical and untestable.
They also ignore the continuity principles that govern all known physical systems.
2. What is a Boundary Condition?
In physics, boundary conditions are constraints that define:
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How a system behaves at an edge or interface
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The permissible initial states
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The evolution rules
In drift-aware cosmology, the Big Bang is:
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A phase interface between pre-geometry and geometry
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Where coherence drops below critical threshold
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Where structure unfolds, but continuity is preserved
3. Mathematical Framing of the Boundary
Let ( S_0 ) be the pre-state with coherence function:
[
Ψ(S_0) = Ψ_{max}
]
Let drift dynamics evolve the system as:
[
S(t) = D(t; S_0, β)
]
The transition boundary occurs at time ( t_{trans} ) where:
[
Ψ(S(t_{trans})) = Ψ_{critical}
]
And the universe acquires:
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Metric structure
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Curvature
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Expansion potential
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Temporal asymmetry
4. Features of a Boundary Interpretation
| Feature | Beginning Model | Boundary Condition Model |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Starts at ( t = 0 ) | Emerges at ( t_{trans} ) |
| Pre-structure | None | High-coherence domain |
| Constants | Instant appearance | Emergent from transition |
| Entropy | Paradoxically low | Coherence-defined |
| Geometry | Created from nothing | Emergent from relations |
5. Observational Implications
If the Big Bang is a boundary:
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We may observe residual coherence fields
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CMB anomalies could reflect transition alignment
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Constants may reflect phase inheritance
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Singularities are avoided by construction
6. Philosophical Shift
The idea of a beginning invites metaphysics.
The idea of a boundary invites physics.
A boundary model stays within testable, structural frameworks.
It does not require a "creation" — only a transformation.
7. Conclusion: The Universe Did Not Begin — It Transitioned
Drift-aware cosmology recasts the Big Bang as:
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A phase transition, not a birth
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A coherence break, not a metaphysical event
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A boundary interface, not an ontological origin
This preserves:
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Continuity
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Causality
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Testability
The Big Bang was the moment structure became geometry.
Not the start of existence — but the start of expansion.
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