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Quentin Smith Simplicity and why the universe exists article It may be that the universe came into being with the simplest thing in the simplest possible way. This hypothesis would be confirmed if the big bang singularity occurred uncaused.

Simplicity and why the universe exists

Quentin Smith

Philosophy, vol. 72, no. 279, 1997, pp. 125–132

Abstract

It may be that the universe came into being with the simplest thing in the simplest possible way. This hypothesis would be confirmed if the big bang singularity occurred uncaused.

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