Originally Posted By: F
In my opinion, just one arbitrary assumption is not enough.


You are, of course, absolutely right. If you start with just one assumption and try to explain the observed Universe in such a way as not to have to change that assumption, you are going to find yourself having to make other assumptions.

I suspect that it is possible to derive such an explanation from the single assumption that the cosmos is infinite and timeless, and that however many other assumptions you have to make and keep or abandon along the way, your initial assumption will remain.

There never was nothing.