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88 - Why Does Our Universe Exist At All? (Ft. Sean Carroll)

Why This Universe?

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The Nature of Existence: An Existential Inquiry

This chapter explores the philosophical debate on whether mathematics is invented or discovered and its implications for understanding existence. The speakers discuss historical and contemporary perspectives on the universe's existence, critiquing responses from both theists and atheists while examining the limitations of popular scientific theories. Ultimately, they reflect on the complexities of existence and the possibility that the universe might be a brute fact, resistant to definitive explanation.

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