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Don't ask me.
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RE: Don't ask me.
Why is there anything instead of nothing at all?


couple things there, empty universes don't tend to evolve beings that notice the emptiness, so we get a tiny bit of selection bias

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it turns out, empty universes are unstable.  They experience staggeringly vast tracts of time instantly, and as a result, EXTREMELY unlikely events like Big Bangs suddenly popping up (out?) and filling that empty universe with 'stuff' that may or may not eventually result in something like earth, the internet, and my annoying cat, turn out to start happening 'instantly'.

Empty universes are going to be EXTREMELY scarce if we ever find a way to start looking for them . . .
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Don't ask me. - by Whateverist - June 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Alex K - June 2, 2015 at 11:07 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Whateverist - June 3, 2015 at 2:41 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by Minimalist - June 2, 2015 at 11:08 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by ignoramus - June 2, 2015 at 11:09 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by c172 - June 2, 2015 at 11:26 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Salacious B. Crumb - June 2, 2015 at 11:39 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Athene - November 20, 2015 at 6:29 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Pyrrho - June 2, 2015 at 11:43 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by c172 - June 2, 2015 at 11:44 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Salacious B. Crumb - June 3, 2015 at 2:06 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by vorlon13 - June 2, 2015 at 11:51 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by The Valkyrie - June 2, 2015 at 11:52 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by IATIA - June 2, 2015 at 11:56 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Longhorn - June 3, 2015 at 12:45 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by Losty - June 3, 2015 at 1:31 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by Longhorn - June 3, 2015 at 3:10 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by Whateverist - June 5, 2015 at 12:12 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by JuliaL - June 5, 2015 at 12:27 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by Whateverist - June 5, 2015 at 12:45 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by TheoneandonlytrueGod - November 20, 2015 at 5:59 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Longhorn - November 20, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Iroscato - November 20, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by TheoneandonlytrueGod - December 2, 2015 at 11:52 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Losty - December 3, 2015 at 11:25 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by The Valkyrie - December 3, 2015 at 11:26 pm
RE: Don't ask me. - by Whateverist - December 4, 2015 at 2:16 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by ignoramus - December 4, 2015 at 2:05 am
RE: Don't ask me. - by TheoneandonlytrueGod - December 4, 2015 at 9:18 pm



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