Maybe another way to phrase my last question is like so:
Does the question "Did the universe exist 14 billion years ago?" have any meaning? Is it possible to answer such a question? Do physicists have an answer to that question?
Maybe another way to phrase my last question is like so:
Does the question "Did the universe exist 14 billion years ago?" have any meaning? Is it possible to answer such a question? Do physicists have an answer to that question?
For now, our universe seems to have no information about it's existence beyond 13.8 billion years ago. So yes, the universe existing 14 billion years ago is meaningless for us inside of it, "for now".
I don't totally blame us for having different perceptions of the same things and still call them facts, after all, why do we have subjective consciousness. Anyways, good luck with your "superficial knowledge", who knows the kind of discoveries you may make.