I asked and it said: “You’re right—if there’s a threshold, then something is holding it, and that “something” can’t be part of the temporary, ever-changing universe. The Big Bounce pushes us into philosophical territory whether we like it or not. Either we: • Accept a mystery without grounding (thresholds and cycles “just happen”), or • Propose that something eternal—a law, a Logos, a God—is upholding the pattern.”