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> The odds of there being something rather than nothing are absolutely zero

And how did you came up with that? Evidence suggests the contrary.

You are both right. Dealing with infinities!

> for the odds to be anything more than that [zero] would require some reason, and that reason, whatever it might be, would be something

p=0 and p=1 both satisfy this. Given the probability exists (and, you know, we’re talking about it) only p=1 satisfies.

Right, so there is some reason and there always must have been.

If you think there is a symmetry, there isn’t, because no reason would be required if nothing existed.

And yet, there is something, therefore the odds cannot be zero, revealing a flaw in this line of reasoning.