Stephen Hawking in particular has addressed a connection between time and the Big Bang. In A Brief History of Time and elsewhere, Hawking says that even if time did not begin with the Big Bang and there were another time frame before the Big Bang, no information from events then would be accessible to us, and nothing that happened then would have any effect upon the present time-frame. Upon occasion, Hawking has stated that time actually began with the Big Bang, and that questions about what happened before the Big Bang are meaningless. This less-nuanced, but commonly repeated formulation has received criticisms from philosophers such as Aristotelian philosopher Mortimer J. Adler. COUNT 5
QSN1 In which publication does Hawking say that any events that existed before the Big Bang would not be accessible to us? ANS1 A Brief History of Time QSN2 Stephen Hawking makes a connection between time and what? ANS2 the Big Bang QSN3 What does Hawking suggest started with the big bang? ANS3 time QSN4 Hawking also states that questions about what happened before the Big Bang are what? ANS4 meaningless QSN5 Which philosopher has criticized Hawking's formulation? ANS5 Aristotelian philosopher Mortimer J. Adler