The real question is ...

>>8987660
no, the real question for all those rationalists is answer what do they mean by why

>>8987660
why 'why'
why does there have to be a purpose or meaning assigned to something? can it not just be as is. there is no answer to this.

>>8987663
For what reason, or what explanation, is there something rather than nothing?

[spoiler]God._____________________________[/spoiler]

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>>8987660

Have you considered that "nothingness" doesn't exist anywhere and never has? There's always something somewhere. Existence is the default state of being.

>>8987660
Because in the infinite subset of infinite universes where existence=0 theres nobody around to ask that question. Anthropic principle my nigger.

>>8987660
Why would there be nothing?

Because the unmoved mover is randomness.

>>8987672
What is this implying? That things exist because we can ask questions? What?

>>8987957
That the concept of "nothingness" is just a human abstract concept, like the idea that the sun might rise in the west tomorrow. Since I can imagine it, it's at least possible, right?

>>8987964
Or that idea that the moon might actually be made out of cheese, or the idea that the sun might be made out of cats, or lava or even ice.

>>8987669
Reasons imply causality and we know of at least one seminal event that must have been necessarily acausal. That's why "why" questions are silly.

the real question is can we know why there is something instead of nothing. if we cannot, then it's pointless conjecture

>>8987660
If there wasn't anything, we wouldn't be there to question it.

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>>8987660
>implying there is actually something

>>8988049
if you majored in philosophy, you shouldnt partake in this discussion, or should you?

>>8987660
>why is there something rather than nothing?
Anthropic Principle

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