(March 10, 2012 at 11:30 am)Werewolff Wrote: As for the universe, I can only see 2 possibilities. Either there's an infinite regress or there's an ultimate cause of the universe.
I bolded the problem. The universe doesn't give a flip what any of us care. When you preface your statement with "I can only see" it becomes an argument from personal incredulity which is a fallacy as you know. A third possibility is an eternally existing de Sitter space that baby universe sprung from (and possibly many which would lead to a multiverse). If you want, you can read this paper by Sean Carroll and Jennifer Chen.