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Comment author: moridinamael 16 March 2016 04:09:46PM 4 points [-]

Look into the ideas of Tegmark, the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis. The central idea is that all possible mathematical structures exist. What we view as "the Universe" is just one set of equations with a particular set of boundary conditions, out of an infinite space of valid mathematical structures. The Universe exists because its existence is logically valid. That's it.

Comment author: James_Miller 16 March 2016 05:33:14PM 3 points [-]

Yes, this is my best guess as well. I reject deism because of Occam's razor--the computational complexity of a conscious creator is rather high, although I think this might all be a computer simulation, although then the basement reality doesn't have a conscious creator.