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> Forget the cosmological constant having lucky values, what are the odds that physical constants exist as opposed to there being a matterless void? The odds o
by User23 2y ago
> Forget the cosmological constant having lucky values, what are the odds that physical constants exist as opposed to there being a matterless void?
The odds of there being something rather than nothing are absolutely zero. This is easily seen because for the odds to be anything more than that would require some reason, and that reason, whatever it might be, would be something. This is why a matterless void isn’t actually nothing.
- persnickety 2y agoAnd yet, there is something, therefore the odds cannot be zero, revealing a flaw in this line of reasoning.
- travisjungroth 2y ago> for the odds to be anything more than that [zero] would require some reason, and that reason, whatever it might be, would be something p=0 and p=1 both satisfy this. Given the probability exists (and, you know, we’re talking about it) only p=1 satisfies.
- User23 2y agoRight, so there is some reason and there always must have been. If you think there is a symmetry, there isn’t, because no reason would be required if nothing existed.
- hshshshshsh 2y ago> The odds of there being something rather than nothing are absolutely zero And how did you came up with that? Evidence suggests the contrary.
- bsbsjsusj 2y agoYou are both right. Dealing with infinities!