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Update: I have started a discussion topic related to this issue. It's based on a recent essay by Sean Carroll, who is certainly better versed in cosmology than I am.
McAllister already explained:
The essay you cite is addressing "What caused the Universe?", not the question we are concerned with.
The essay, in my opinion, dissolves that question as well. In any case, it's a more relevant place to have the discussion than a tangent comment thread.
I don't care about your opinion. The parts of the essay you quoted certainly do not dissolve the question "Why does something exist instead of nothing?". If you think it does elsewhere, then quote that part.
Until your discussion post at least claims to address the question of "Why does something exist instead of nothing?", I prefer the thread, however tangential, that provides the context of exploring that question.
I see the distinction you're making. I have added a bullet point for the section of the essay which discusses "meta-explanatory accounts"