The Existence of the Universe

Message to the photons of this newly discovered mindblowingly large (trillions of stars) galaxy cluster who have been underway for 7 billion years: welcome!

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20019519-501465.html

(sigh+lol @ Lawyers-Guns-n-Money06's comment, btw)

XP OP.

No. Since the energy sums up to zero, it could well just be some quantum fluctuation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo

Does the universe only exist because I think it does?

Your peculiar version of the universe only exists in your own mind. It bears a vague family resemblance to the actual universe, which is its progenitor, but that resemblance suffers greatly from the admixture of many deeply held delusions.

it never happened

What about the simulated universe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chfoo9NBEow

First point: Even a simulation requires something to be real somewhere in order for the simulation to exist.

Second point: The universe is the only thing we can observe. Nothing outside the universe can be proved to exist. As mentioned in my first point, a simulation still requires a reality upon which the simulation must be founded. Therefore a hypothesis that the entire universe is simulated cannot be "proved", because it hypothesizes a reality that cannot be observed or proved to exist.

Third point: George Smoot is full of shit.

3:06 = talking about zombies made my eyes glaze over (what does this have to do with simulators)
4:58 = argument from probability fallacy (what is likely has no bearing on what is actual)
5:18 = begging the question fallacy (tell me more about the psychology of beings from other planets, please)
5:45 = circular reasoning fallacy (i believe it, that proves it)
9:42 = argument from "citation needed" (what makes you think that 1 in 3, or more, people is a sim)
13:08 = argument from invalid authority (google experts are not physicists, anthropologists or psychologists)
14:28 = self-refuting argument (human says he can prove hes not real, says it's not able to make such discernment)
14:38-17:40 "cool story bro" (not interesting nor relevant)
19:08-end = argument from ignorance (i dont know. therefore, conclusion is true)

from teh comments

'Existence' is such a nonsensical word.

And yet it exists.

Which is nonsense.

but nonsense exists

nonsense!

in what sense?

none!

Did hanle y just give a run down of a David icke lecture?

Lets face it, things exist becase nothing can't exist.