Quentin Anciaux, Thanks for the explanation. Unlike much that is said here, I am able to understand what you mean. But it's not satisfying, and the core mystery remains. Even if Pearce is correct and everything in the multiverse self-cancels and adds up to zero, so what? That is not an explanation of existence.
Obviously, we don't know THE answer - do you (or anybody) think there CAN be an answer that does not require supernatural intervention? What might it be? My wife says the answer is "Because." Norman Samish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Quentin Anciaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Norman Samish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:21 AM Subject: Re: Fw: WHY DOES ANYTHING EXIST Le mardi 17 mai 2005 Ã 06:56 -0700, Norman Samish a Ãcrit : > Hi Jonathan, > > You say that "Because it is necessarily true" is the answer > to "Why does the integer series -100 to +100 exist?" > However, you seem to say that this is NOT the answer to > "Why does anything exist?" In this latter case, you seem to > say the > question is meaningless because "the sum of > everything is equivalent to nothing." I think it is meaningless because the question is "Why is there something/anything instead of nothing?" The answer as given by Jonathan is that something/anything and nothing are the same... So if there are the same object, the question is meaningless. Quentin Anciaux
