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

At the very start of the universe, we have the Big Bang. And from it, all matter is formed. But there is a bit of a question. Why is there matter? After all, if you convert energy into matter, you also get the same amount of anti-matter. So if the Big Bang created equal amounts of matter and anti-matter, how come there still is matter? And that is the essence of “Why is there something instead of nothing?”