David_Allen comments on Sean Carroll: Does the Universe Need God? [link]

David_Allen 25 Mar 2011 1:48 UTC
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I mean in the sense “why does existence exist?”.

Then I agree that this question is probably poorly formed. Certainly it isn’t obvious to me that it is a meaningful or useful question.

I’m not sure why we have been down-voted for these comments. I suspect that it is because questioning existence in this way appears to challenge the “objective existence” aspects of scientific realism. (Down-voters please comment if I’m wrong.)
- Dreaded_Anomaly 25 Mar 2011 1:53 UTC
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  I’m not sure why we have been down-voted for these comments. I suspect that it is because questioning existence in this way appears to challenge the “objective existence” aspects of scientific realism. (Down-voters please comment if I’m wrong.)
  
  I have had a fair amount of downvoting on this topic, with very little explanation. It’s somewhat frustrating.
  - David_Allen 25 Mar 2011 2:18 UTC
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    Same here.