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While not a direct answer in itself, I think it's noteworthy that the big bang already requires esoteric physics, like inflation [1], that have no known explanation, source, or parallel anywhere else in existence -- and in fact contradict everything we know about known physics. It's an entirely ad-hoc hypothesis that was largely developed to solve numerous other problems with a big bang, in particular our universe not fitting what would be expected following a "normal" big bang, such as the Horizon Problem. [2]

And so looking for logical explanations for the big bang is already a nonstarter. At this point it remains highly dependent upon ad hoc constructions.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_inflation

[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_problem



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