Many researchers determine the question “Why anything rather than nothing?” to be the most ancient and fundamental philosophical problem. It is closely related to the idea of Creation shared by religion, science, and philosophy, for example in the shape of...
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Many researchers determine the question “Why anything rather than nothing?” to be the most ancient and fundamental philosophical problem. It is closely related to the idea of Creation shared by religion, science, and philosophy, for example in the shape of the “Big Bang”, the doctrine of first cause or causa sui, the Creation in six days in the Bible, etc. Thus, the solution of quantum mechanics, being scientific
in essence, can also be interpreted philosophically, and even religiously.
This paper will only discuss the philosophical interpretation. The essence
of the answer of quantum mechanics is: 1.) Creation is necessary in a rigorously
mathematical sense. Thus, it does not need any choice, free will, subject, God, etc. to appear. The world exists by virtue of mathematical necessity, e.g. as any mathematical truth uch as 2+2=4; and 2.) Being is less than nothing rather than more than nothing. Thus creation is not an increase of nothing, but the decrease of nothing: it is a defic
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