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Kind-Truck3753 t1_j18eka1 wrote

Great post. Insightful. Detailed. Thought provoking.

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A_curious_fish t1_j18flor wrote

Well your mom once did this thing and now you exist.

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Darwin987 t1_j18fnyd wrote

If no stuff, nobody notice that no stuff. As people exist, stuff exist.

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meat_popsicle13 t1_j18fp3f wrote

We’ll, we tried nothing for forever last time and the share holders were not pleased. So, this time they invested in baryons, leptons, time, weird stuff. We’ll see if it pays off come earnings season.

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hort_wort t1_j18fsyv wrote

For existence to define itself, it must exist. Therefore it does.

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Beasta1029 t1_j18fwag wrote

When you have nothing for so long eventually something has to pop up.

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jackrack1721 t1_j18g1le wrote

Who say do? Man make idea, ok, maybe not? Wave until observed then particle?

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perrierfan t1_j18gcww wrote

The existence of nothing is impossible because nothingness implies the possibility of the existence of something. Therefore something must exist.

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randomizedme43 t1_j18geww wrote

I don’t think there has to be a “why.” It just does.

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HotFix6682 t1_j18ggvr wrote

No body knows. Anyone who claim they know are speculating or lying.

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111110001011 t1_j18ghcg wrote

I am 100% convinced many of the questions asked in this forum, especially the weird ones, are someone fine tuning a chatbot.

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Old_Laugh_2239 t1_j18gjwq wrote

Bro, you’re in the wrong sub. Go ask some philosophers. Physics tells you how it works, not necessarily why it works.

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santoshskm OP t1_j18h8rx wrote

Replying to Old_Laugh_2239 (#1,007,125)

Maybe I am naïve but I think physic or rather quantum physics is only means to understand this universe. I believe science is more powerful than any other tools. Maybe I am completely wrong but I believe science is more powerful than any magic.

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starfyredragon t1_j18hba7 wrote

In high energy physics, we come to the realization that not only does space contain energy/matter, but space exists as a property of energy/matter.

In other words, space exists because energy/matter creates a bubble of space around it. Further, since because energy/matter is contained in space, but can also contain the energy/matter that project additional space, every bit of energy/matter/space is referenceable as a property in a larger container, or in other words, a fraction. (example: 1 gram matter / 1 cubic meter), in the primordial "before existence" (as weird as that concept is when we get down to the nitty gritty as time is also a function of energy/matter/space), you end with a real-world scenario of 0/0.

However, 0/0 is a mathmatically untenable state. So we analyze by using caculus to get approaching limits. As we approach, we find out all points on the y axis are reachable at 0/0 depending on method of approach. In other words, 0/0 in this scenario calculates out to the set of all numbers. This results in a graph with a single null point at the origin of all things where it is impossible for anything to exist - no matter, no light, no energy, no space, no time, no data, no thought, no observation, but that said null-point results in everything as spacetime literally rips itself apart to create matter and space - a big bang.

And this isn't just hypothesis. We can see that in localized low energy settings that that positive and negative particles spontaneously emerge (and either collide with something or collapse, usually) creating a constant bubbling pressure on the quantum level known as the quantum foam. In other words, lots of "tiny big bangs" happen around us everywhere every second of every day as that original 0/0 event "continues to produce" all real numbers, filling up all the gaps that appear.

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WoodsWalker43 t1_j18ht1n wrote

Replying to Baebel (#1,007,121)

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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EnterpriseSA t1_j18hu3t wrote

Nothing exists, nothing except for me. In my struggle to understand how and why I am conscious, my mind invents all that I perceive, including the curious point that you have come along to ask this question. I remember a past that also does not exist. I anticipate a future that certainly does not exist. I exist. I exist here in a present moment that never ends. I perceive things near and distant in time and space, all constructs. Trying as I have for this moment of eternity, I can prove to myself no more than this.

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space-ModTeam t1_j18i3p5 wrote

Hello u/santoshskm, your submission "Why anything exist?" has been removed from r/space because:

  • Such questions should be asked in the "All space questions" thread stickied at the top of the sub.

  • It is not related to space.

Please read the rules in the sidebar and check r/space for duplicate submissions before posting. If you have any questions about this removal please message the r/space moderators. Thank you.

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santoshskm OP t1_j18il3a wrote

Replying to space-ModTeam (#1,007,250)

Oh I am sorry maybe I am naïve When I look at space and when I think about immensity and it’s vastness I asked myself this question so I thought it was appropriate to ask question to people who is interested in space n the universe. I didn’t know space exist outside of this.

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theTallBoy t1_j18jgj1 wrote

Ask "how is anything" and you will get answers....ask "why is anything" you will get poems and philosophy.

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dizyJ t1_j18jzx4 wrote

Replying to santoshskm (#1,007,087)

"why" is a human brain tool for problem solving

Similarly to if you brought a screw driver to project only involving nails, there's going to be a lot of confusion if you ask questions that don't reflect the nature of the content.

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Baebel t1_j190qjo wrote

Replying to WoodsWalker43 (#1,007,221)

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

Replying to Baebel (#1,008,793)

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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hdorsettcase t1_j19n6la wrote

Why is more of a question related to purpose and meaning that is better answered in philosophy and religion. Science cares more about how: the processes by which things exist and function. We know how an airplane flies. We don't know why it does.

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