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[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (18 children)

There reason there is something instead of nothing is survivorship bias. Since nothing is nothing, including no time, there will ALWAYS be something because nothing can't exist outside of something.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Ok, but why is there something to experience survivorship bias? Why is any of this at all instead of just not anything?

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

No reason. It's just that when there wasn't anything to experience it, nobody asked themselves that question.

So the question is a consequence of our existence, and that's the answer

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