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Old 02-22-2008, 12:46 AM
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This is where ontological nihilism comes into play. The 'paradox' you speak of also applies to the idea of existence (Why is there something instead of nothing?). Either existence begot itself from nothingess or it has always exist and has no origin. Neither makes sense. How does 'something' come from nothing? And what would cause the properties of this 'something' to be what they are if it spawned from nothing? (Like, if the universe came from nothing, what caused the gravitaion constant to be the specific number it is?). But if existence has no origin at all, again how could it's dynamics have been determined and by what force if nothing came before it?

Are you prepared to say existence is an unreliable and illogical theory?

The bottom line is, humans do not know and never will. Paradoxes of origin will never be solved. We just have to accept that philosophical burden.
Point taken.
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