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Baebel t1_j18ggi9 wrote

Reply to comment by santoshskm in Why anything exist? by santoshskm

Why not?

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WoodsWalker43 t1_j18ht1n wrote

Perhaps the better question is why humans feel the need to ascribe meaning to the existence of the universe. Nature, in general, does not require meaning or purpose. Indeed, the only meaning to life itself is the meaning we give it. It is not valuable except that we put value on it, and we don't even always put the same value on it. The same is true of the universe at large.

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Baebel t1_j190qjo wrote

I'd imagine many of us seek the origin of life for the same reason many of us seek the answer to what happens after we die. There's fear due to the unknown. For reasons like this and otherwise, religion often demands there be an answer. People would prefer to find comfort in fantastical ignorance over simply not knowing.

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WoodsWalker43 t1_j1964y6 wrote

That's as good an answer as I've ever heard. I'm personally very scientifically curious, which causes me to lean more heavily on "how?" than "why?". The how always seems so much more objectively verifiable than the why. Why could be anything or nothing, and we hoomins have such a tiny perspective. That's not to say I'm not interested in why, I just find the search more stressful than simple acceptance when I know that I can never really find an absolute answer.

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