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Re:Why there is something rather than nothing – The finite, ... by samd on Saturday August 29, 2015 @01:18PM (#10140686)
To summarize his arguments:

The universe is eternal, which means it has always and will always exist. If there is something that always exists, then it is impossible for there to be nothing. It is impossible for there to be nothing.

Not a very satisfactory answer. The interesting question just becomes: Why is the universe eternal? or Why does there exist an eternal universe at all?

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Re:Why there is something rather than nothing – The finite, ... by k__ on Saturday August 29, 2015 @01:57PM (#10140806)
Yes, I always felt that this kind of argument didn't help much.

It implies an a priory probability for "existence of something" of >0 but doesn't tell you why...

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Re:Why there is something rather than nothing – The finite, ... by Torgo on Saturday August 29, 2015 @01:54PM (#10140799)
Science considers this position to be axiomatic, though. It basically doesn't even need a proof.
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Re:Why there is something rather than nothing – The finite, ... by a3n on Saturday August 29, 2015 @01:55PM (#10140801)
> The universe is eternal

Is this proven?

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Re:Why there is something rather than nothing – The finite, ... by samd on Saturday August 29, 2015 @02:14PM (#10140851)
No, he just asserts it. And it's probably impossible to prove.
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Re:Why there is something rather than nothing – The finite, ... by exodust on Saturday August 29, 2015 @02:26PM (#10140888)
Numbers can go forever but the universe can't?

I think the universe would be quite annoyed at the idea of being out-ranked by a bunch of numbers.

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Re:Why there is something rather than nothing – The finite, ... by 0xFFC on Saturday August 29, 2015 @03:16PM (#10141060)
>I think the universe would be quite annoyed at the idea of being out-ranked by a bunch of numbers.

very amused by this analogy

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