When we ask “why is there something rather than nothing” what does that mean?

Question

I’ve been seeing this philosophical question popping up lately and I don’t understand the question even after Googling the explanation.

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Answer 1

You could argue that it’s an ill-formed question that actually*doesn’t* mean anything (what would it mean for there to “be nothing”?). But most likely whoever is asking this means something more like “why did antimatter not obliterate all matter?”