That’s one of the most basic ontological axioms - either something came from nothing, or something has always existed. There is no third option of which I’m aware. And both possibilities are equally impossible to our terrestrial understanding of time and causality.
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I don't really think that there is time outside of the universe, and causality outside of our models.
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Everything seems to be easy to understand ,except ..I am.
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I'm still shocked that there are people who aren't constantly shocked by this.
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Same! No one seems to give a shit.
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By the anthropic principle its not so surprising. You can only find things surprising by virtue of your existence.
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Can we paraphrase this take on the anthropic principle as, “What is, is. There is no point in questioning it.” ?
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Somewhat puzzling indeed
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I think it depends on how you define "no existence" of smth. Your tweet suggests that you define nonexistence as NULL. I would define nonexistence as infinite entropy and existence as pattern. Based on this assumption existance of smth is no surprise.
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This is the primary universal truth. Something is better than nothing.
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Unless that something is sweet pickles (on anything).
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