Why Does the Universe Exist? (1991) [pdf]
(philosophy.fas.harvard.edu)3 points by measurablefunc 12 hours ago
3 points by measurablefunc 12 hours ago
It's fun to think about though. If the (meta) universe were infinitely old then why hasn't it all diffused into background noise? Maybe once in a bazillion years there's an improbable quantum fluctuation - a big bang. It's interesting to think that we and the entire universe we know of exists in a tiny blip in between almost unimaginable spans of nothingness.
The title contains the first of 25 question marks you'll find in this two-page article. Like much of philosophy, you won't find many answers.