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To: koan who wrote (135407)	8/2/2013 5:51:13 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Why is their something other than nothing? If you are implying it would take a god to create something, who created god? It doesn't matter whether it is a god or universe that existed first. I was not implying anything, I was just asking the question. It is a foundational existential question. The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) explains why there is something rather than nothing. It says anything can happen. I wasn't asking about anything, I was asking why there is something rather than nothing. As far as emotions go, we can see those in our primate relatives. They are all just a result of evolution. I was asking specifically about love, which some would argue is not an emotion. In fact most argue any attempt at a description becomes transformational and unsettling. That still leaves two unaddressed: Consciousness? Math?