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An inflated balloon is larger than an uninflated balloon, but is still a balloon.
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But the Big Bang was an event, and the current universe is a state. It's like saying burning a tree is nothing compared to a forest fire. The former contains an transferel of almost nothing to something, and the latter is just a continuous state of somethings.
There's probably better chemist language for this BUT I DROPPED CHEMISTRY WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN BITE ME
You can argue the current universe is also an event, but there was nothing in STM's post to hint at that.