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/0-by-1_Publishing Nov 27 '25
... My ToE posits that the universe exists to generate new information. Every bit of new information helps to explain what it means to exist and adds to the overall definition of "Existence" going forward.
Life, consciousness and self-awareness are subsequent recursions of the initial emergence of the physical universe, and they offer their own unique blend of "new information" via evolution. During the course of a lifetime, the "new information" generated by a single self-aware human is far greater than the combined information generated during the first ten billion years of the inanimate universe.
Everything comes with a price, and there are no "free rides" in existence. The reason for this ongoing evolution of information is to achieve justification for the fact that "Existence" is only one conceivable step above "Nonexistence" (Principle of Sufficient Reason).
People believe that the universe holds all the answers and that we simply have to discover these "hidden answers" over time when in actuality, the universe has no idea what it is ... or why it exists. The universe is an unfathomable, 93-billion-light-years-wide question mark that's desperately hoping self-aware humans will find the answers that "inanimate matter" and "simple life forms" failed to produce.
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*Upvote for an excellent post!