Why Is There Something, Rather Than Nothing? — mentioned by darkmighty

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:36:07 GMT

I understand the consideration that this Universe is all that exists. But isn't that... weird? That there's no 'why' to this particular existence? We could be much more complicated if you consider all possible things that could exist. Is it simply senseless to ask 'why this'? This view is argued here by Sean Carroll: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.02231 Personally, I'm not convinced, although I see the merits of the argument. Of course as you noted, if you simply assume a parent system you get into an infinite that may or may not be reasonable (the parent system must have a parent, and so on, an…

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Why Is There Something, Rather Than Nothing?

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Why Is There Something, Rather Than Nothing? — mentioned by darkmighty

Why Is There Something, Rather Than Nothing? — HN submission