Necessary Thing

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Hmm, well. It seems to be the case, based on observation, that energy is conserved. So this energy must continue to exist, in some form. Whether that applies to all of our reality, or to any other realities there might be, I have no idea. It seems intuitively the case, but I don't trust it in matters so far outside the scope of my experience.

Did energy have to exist in the first place? The fact that it's still here, again intuitively, seems to imply that it had to be there. But if it hadn't, then there wouldn't be anything, presumably. I have no idea if there was ever any way things could have been different. Maybe, maybe not.

So it would appear that energy could exist without conditions, because you can't create or destroy it. This is based on my primitive understanding of science, and is mere speculation when applied to anything other than observable reality. I don't have any firm beliefs about whether this rule would hold elsewhere.

But then again, maybe something is keeping the energy from disappearing? I couldn't possibly know. Things would look the same either way. So in conclusion, I have no firm beliefs at all, just an intuitive idea that energy will probably always exist in our reality.

What actually is energy? I have no idea. Again, it may not be a sensible question.