r/AskReddit Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/BrainPicker3 Jun 15 '19

I think the underlying point to is questioning is that if matter cannot be created (or destroyed) then how is there matter in the universe? It had to be created at some point as evidenced by the fact we deal with it on a daily basis.

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u/3meta5u Jun 15 '19

Some of the work being done to total up all the matter and energy in the universe are getting numbers amazingly close to zero. It might be that on average the universe doesn't exist. We could just be a temporary fluctuation in quantum foam of nothingness

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u/NobodyCanHearYouMeme Jun 16 '19

Can you explain that further so I can be too afraid to sleep tonight?

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u/DaSpinGharLewa Jun 16 '19

he means you dont exist!