The Eternal Relativity: Note 26 - The Causal Paradox of $T^0$: Resolving "What Caused the Universe?" Without Time

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-15
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Relativity and Gravitational Theory
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The Eternal Relativity: Note 26 - The Causal Paradox of $T^0$: Resolving "What Caused the Universe?" Without Time

Khalid Masood
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
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The Eternal Relativity: Note 26 - The Causal Paradox of $T^0$: Resolving "What Caused the Universe?" Without Time

Khalid Masood
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Abstract

The question "What caused the universe to begin?" presupposes the existence of time prior to the universe. Within the \textit{Eternal Relativity} framework, we resolve this paradox by introducing $T^0$ — the Singularity of Nothingness. $T^0$ is not an event in time but the a-temporal zero-point from which time-flow and the Nothon field emerge. Because causality requires time, the question of a "cause before time" is a category error. The universe is not an event that began, but the continuous emergence of time from $T^0$. This provides a physical resolution to "Why is there something rather than nothing?" and yields falsifiable predictions for time-flow physics.

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