The real question is "How did the super-compressed ball of energy originate?
It always has been and always will. It was never created, it just has always existed.
OK, let's say this is true, and it has always existed. If you look out into space, you can see that everything is rapidly flying away from everything else. The universe is expanding. If the universe always existed, what is it expanding from? What was the universe before everything was all together in a single spot it's expanding out of?
Think beyond our physical universe. Consciousness has always existed and always will.
Do you know anything that is not based on your experience in the world? I would guess no. So, if we need to experience the world to think about the world and stuff in general, what were we doing and thinking about for trillions of years before the physical universe existed?
I don't know what you've been doing for eternity, that's in your control. You were probably in a different physical universe. If our universe is indeed a bubble, or even if it's not, there are surely infinite dimensions or multiverses in the same exact spot.
However, the scientists are happy to use these same fallible minds (or 'subjects' as the joint nicely put it) to interpret other experiments. What makes those experiments better? Empirical evidence. And what makes empirical evidence so special? Well, it allows others to review it because two heads are better than one, right?
Actually no, wrong. It makes it special for one simple reason: relevance. If it affects everyone, as can be tested by repeating the experiment, then it is relevant to everyone, and can be used to change or influence everyone's world. If it is just some single guy's crazy fantasy, or even some single guy's crazy realty, but does not affect anyone else other than that one guy, that it's nothing but a nice story that doesn't really matter to anyone else. For instance, it's nice that dank can supposedly exist in many dimensions, but it is irrelevant to everyone else, and is this nothing but a useless stupid story.
Until that crazy guy resurrected from the dead to prove the eternity of the soul. And until another crazy guy starts flying. Then you will believe a very relevant story.
It's pretty great, I can fly in my dreams on command now. Can't wait till that one sunny day.
Indeed they will vokain.
Vod, you can only help yourself, I have done my best.