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AMA | March 2023

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

In the solo episode, why is there something rather than nothing, you mentioned that the answer could simply be a brute fact that requires no further explanation. Do you have any examples of other questions that can be answered with a similar brute fact explanation? If possible, one question that is more down to earth less intimidating than the question of existence of everything. Yeah, I think there's plenty of brute facts out there.

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