what was before the big bang , before all the particles even existed.

Question: what was before the big bang , before all the particles even existed.
- Keywords:
  big bang,
  particle
Asked by sorab and ali to Tim, Sammie, Rachel, Mark, Lisa on 6 Mar 2018.
- Tim Duckenfield answered on 6 Mar 2018:
  
  I think the question doesn’t make sense, in a way. Because there was no space, there was no time, so there was no “before”.
  
  You can ask about the very beginning, the first nanosecond. Scientifically I don’t think we will ever know what happened right at the very beginning, because we think physics breaks down. So it is more a philosophical or religious question what happened at the beginning, that you can’t use scientific evidence or reasoning for.
  
  Sorry for the vague answer, it’s an impossible question!

Question: what was before the big bang , before all the particles even existed.