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> We should not exist per Occam.

We barely exist. Our history spans only a brief part of the Universe's history, we are confined to an infinitesimal bubble of all the space that is available. When we consider the Universe as a whole, Occam is correct. We are not even a rounding error.

But also: the Universe itself should not exist, per Occam. Yet it does. And we do. So let's work with that.




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