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This essay is pretty painful. For a much more enjoyable take on the question, I highly recommend Holt's book https://cmdev.com/isbn/0871403595 https://cmdev.com
by idlewords 12y ago
This essay is pretty painful. For a much more enjoyable take on the question, I highly recommend Holt's book https://cmdev.com/isbn/0871403595 https://cmdev.com/isbn/0871403595. He talks to a number of philosophers and physicists whose opinions cover the spectrum from "the question is not worth asking" to "God is the answer", with a lot of interesting ground in between.
[edit: fixed misremembered book]
- cratermoon 12y agoI'd also recommend "Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story", by Jim Holt. https://cmdev.com/isbn/0871403595 https://cmdev.com/isbn/0871403595
- idlewords 12y agoThat's actually the book I had in mind-thank you! My memory flaked on me.