Do other universes exist as well? Parallel universes, other big bangs, etc? What about universes completely unrelated to our own with completely different physical laws?
Why would it be that our universe containing the planet Earth exists, but another unrelated universe with wizards or the Force (from Star Wars) does not exist? Surely we could fathom such a universe with magic built into its physical laws that still works out logically. So why would our universe exist, but not that one with magic?
Is our universe the only one? If so, doesn't it seem pretty (extremely) specific, random, unique, etc? Why would THIS specific universe be the only one to exist out of all of the possible logical universes that even us puny humans can imagine?
Why does our universe exist? What can the existence of our universe tell us about the existence of other things/universes other than our 13.7 billion year old universe?
Purpose Of This Thread
You can probably tell from my questions what some of my current philosophical views on this subject are. I realize that many of my views on this aren't necessarily "rational," but nevertheless I think there is good reason to think that our 13.7BYO universe is not the only thing in "existence."
So what are your views on this subject? Anyone is welcome to participate in this discussion that I hope will help to answer these existential questions (at least outline the possible answers to the questions and what reasons we have for thinking that each answer may be true).
I think this subject will likely be interesting enough to get me thinking a lot (that's always fun) and hopefully can do the same for you.
A Plan For How This Thread May Look
Feel free to begin by expressing your current views on this subject (if any) and then hopefully we can reply to each other, critique each other's views, and hopefully all learn something as we try to determine what the best answers to these questions are.
(Note that I will be heading off to college in a couple days and likely will only be adding to this thread a couple times a week at most. Because of this, I think we should take the time to read posts in their entirety, take some time to think about them thoroughly, and then reply in concise and thoughtful fashions so as to make this a higher quality and more efficient thread that will allow people who won't be able to frequent it daily or every other day (like myself) keep up with it.)
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Why is there something rather than nothing?
Why does our universe exist?
Do other universes exist as well? Parallel universes, other big bangs, etc? What about universes completely unrelated to our own with completely different physical laws?
Why would it be that our universe containing the planet Earth exists, but another unrelated universe with wizards or the Force (from Star Wars) does not exist? Surely we could fathom such a universe with magic built into its physical laws that still works out logically. So why would our universe exist, but not that one with magic?
Is our universe the only one? If so, doesn't it seem pretty (extremely) specific, random, unique, etc? Why would THIS specific universe be the only one to exist out of all of the possible logical universes that even us puny humans can imagine?
Why does our universe exist? What can the existence of our universe tell us about the existence of other things/universes other than our 13.7 billion year old universe?
Purpose Of This Thread
You can probably tell from my questions what some of my current philosophical views on this subject are. I realize that many of my views on this aren't necessarily "rational," but nevertheless I think there is good reason to think that our 13.7BYO universe is not the only thing in "existence."
So what are your views on this subject? Anyone is welcome to participate in this discussion that I hope will help to answer these existential questions (at least outline the possible answers to the questions and what reasons we have for thinking that each answer may be true).
I think this subject will likely be interesting enough to get me thinking a lot (that's always fun) and hopefully can do the same for you.
A Plan For How This Thread May Look
Feel free to begin by expressing your current views on this subject (if any) and then hopefully we can reply to each other, critique each other's views, and hopefully all learn something as we try to determine what the best answers to these questions are.
(Note that I will be heading off to college in a couple days and likely will only be adding to this thread a couple times a week at most. Because of this, I think we should take the time to read posts in their entirety, take some time to think about them thoroughly, and then reply in concise and thoughtful fashions so as to make this a higher quality and more efficient thread that will allow people who won't be able to frequent it daily or every other day (like myself) keep up with it.)
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