Why is there something rather than nothing?

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Why does the world exist?
Why does the universe exist?
Why are we in it?
Why is there something rather than nothing at all?
 
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Its a philosophical question actually, I don't think, for now, science can answer that. But you can search for anthropic principe.
 
alan123hk said:
Why does the world exist?
Why does the universe exist?
Why are we in it?
Why is there something rather than nothing at all?

None of these are questions that physics can answer.

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