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Can something happen without anything else causing it?

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[โ€“] eierschaukeln@kbin.earth 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for putting so much effort in your answer. If you think about it, it's kinda scuffed and you either end with existence is not possible or there was an action that was not caused by one. Just like you said.

[โ€“] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is the kind of paradox that leads us (I mean humans more generally) to look for some fundamental assumption we're making about time that will turn out to be wrong. I assume that's true although I wonder whether it's literally impossible for us to even imagine how time "truly" works, let alone measure it.