All you can really say is that the universe is because it's a self-consistent mathematical structure.
你所能說的是創世者存在于宇宙之中 因為它是一個獨立的數學結構
There's no past because,unlike the creation-as-a-point scenario there's nothing for it to be created in.
它沒有過去的 因為它不像一個點被創造出來這樣的設想 對于宇宙來說 沒有什么被創造
So to say it's created from nothing is a bit of a misnomer.It's a misleading use of the word "nothing."
所以說 創造于虛無之中的說法有點欠妥 "虛無"這個詞的用法會令人誤解
it's not just that there was empty space in which the universe appeared,which you might call "nothing."
宇宙表現出的并不是空間的虛無 你可能把這稱之為"虛無"
There was really nothing at all,because there wasn't even a creation event.
宇宙里確實什么都沒有 因為連創造都沒有
The use of a past tense in a verb becomes inappropriate in these theories.
動詞過去式的用法在這些理論里不太合適
Unfortunately,tenses were set up when people believed in real time, of course
不幸的是 當人們支持實時間 時態就被創造了
and we don't yet have a linguistic form to describe tenses in imaginary time.
至今我們都沒有一種語言形式 來描述虛時間的時態
The word "time" was not handed down from heaven as a gift from on high.
"時間"這個詞 可不是作為 禮物從天堂那流傳下來的
The idea of time is a word invented by man and if it has puzzlements connected with it whose fault is it? It's our fault.
時間的概念 只是個被人類發明的詞 如果它讓人產生疑惑 這是誰的錯 我們的錯
Where does the difference between the past and the future come from?
過去與未來 有著什么不同
The laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future.
科學法則 沒法區分過去與未來
Yet there is a big difference between the past and future in ordinary life.
但在日常生活中 過去與未來有著巨大的差別
You may see a cup of tea fall off a table and break into pieces on the floor
你能看到茶杯 從桌子上跌到地上 摔成碎片
but you will never see the cup gather itself back together and jump back on the table.
但你從沒見過杯子能自己合好 然后跳回桌子上
The increase of disorder, or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future giving a direction to time.
混亂或者熵的增加 可以區分過去和未來 給出時間的方向