Why is there anything? (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, July 29, 2011, 16:12 (4845 days ago) @ dhw

"But that implies that the laws of physics were somehow encoded into the fabric of our universe before it existed. How can physical laws exist outside of space and time and without a cause of their own?"-
I think this pretty well sums it up for me. In order for any of our theories to work, regardless of the theory the laws of physics had to be in operation prior to their being anything. What better divining rod could be asked for?