The Eternal Relativity: Note 26 - The Causal Paradox of T⁰: Resolving "What Caused the Universe?" Without Time

The question "What caused the universe to begin?" presupposes the existence of time prior to the universe. Within the Eternal Relativity framework, we resolve this paradox by introducing T⁰ — the Singularity of Nothingness. T⁰ is not an event in time but the a-temporal zero-point from which time-flow and the Nothon field emerge. Because causality requires time, the question of a "cause before time" is a category error. The universe is not an event that began, but the continuous emergence of time from T⁰. This provides a physical resolution to "Why is there something rather than nothing?" and yields falsifiable predictions for time-flow physics.