Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, can the universe be meaningfully said to exist if there are no observers? Rick Rosner: You could argue that the universe observes itself. If you accept the premise that the universe is fundamentally made of information and that information requires a supporting structure, then yes, you can say it exists. The …

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