(October 23, 2014 at 9:10 pm)datc Wrote:(October 23, 2014 at 7:49 pm)whateverist Wrote: The question is pointless. It can only be asked from the point of view of something that is already here. So you might just as well conclude there is something rather than nothing because the question has been asked.I am looking for a causal explanation of the something. My asking the question did not cause the actual world.
Got any promising leads? Do you really think we're qualified to ask or answer such a question? What about our evolution do you think would have equipped us for such tasks?