Originally Posted By: PSS
...comments that energy spreading requires time does not answer the "which came first the chicken or the egg" question?...
The way, which you put the question implies an tautology (the answer should be always "yes"). Beause "first" is time related word, not space related one. The time must be always first for such question to have some meaning.

By my opinion, space is immanent part of space-time by the same way, like time and they can be separated. If you're really looking for something, which is independent to both above concepts, it can be an Aether - i.e. fully chaotic atemporal environment with no time arrow perceivable as well.