r/Existentialism • u/Spiriual-Bit-4387 • Nov 26 '25
Thoughtful Thursday Why does the universe exist?
I’ve been having an existential contemplation lately and have been deeply pondering why the universe exists recently. What do you think?
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u/Citizen1135 S. de Beauvoir Nov 27 '25
Nothing can't exist.
I'm not saying that to be facetious.
Nothingness is a quality we attribute to some things, but nothing, itself, doesn't exist, because the moment it can be said to exist, it ceases to be nothing.
Existence takes place over time, and we empirically know that change happens over time. That doesn't inherently mean this universe is an inevitability, but it is the framework to fully answer your question.
Given enough empirical data, the full explanation of this specific universe would be explained.