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Why does the universe exist?
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Based on your point that empty space and solid matter are merely idealization, I hold that the universe exists because the imagined idealization of "nothing" is an impossibility. The principle of mass conservation implies that mass cannot be created or destroyed, and thus must have always existed and always will exist. All the microcosms from subatomic particles to the largest cosmic structures have mass and are representative of the abstraction known as matter which refers to all that exists. The question “Why does the universe exist?” implies that non- existence is a valid concept. But this idea violates logic: “nothing” cannot exist because only things have existence, and thus if “nothingness” existed then it would by definition be something. As there is only matter and motion in the process known as "the universe" and since “nothing” is not matter and not motion, it is an invalid abstraction. Thus the posed question is asking why does the material universe exist as opposed to that which is impossible, (i.e non-existence). The answer is it exists because there is only one possibility, which is for matter to exist and motion to occur.
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ReplyDeleteBased on your point that empty space and solid matter are merely idealization, I hold that the universe exists because the imagined idealization of "nothing" is an impossibility. The principle of mass conservation implies that mass cannot be created or destroyed, and thus must have always existed and always will exist. All the microcosms from subatomic particles to the largest cosmic structures have mass and are representative of the abstraction known as matter which refers to all that exists. The question “Why does the universe exist?” implies that non- existence is a valid concept. But this idea violates logic: “nothing” cannot exist because only things have existence, and thus if “nothingness” existed then it would by definition be something. As there is only matter and motion in the process known as "the universe" and since “nothing” is not matter and not motion, it is an invalid abstraction. Thus the posed question is asking why does the material universe exist as opposed to that which is impossible, (i.e non-existence). The answer is it exists because there is only one possibility, which is for matter to exist and motion to occur.
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