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The solution is too complex. Complex things don't survive, because complexity tends to decay. The universe has to be based of a very simple concept - but our minds, which are developed for earth-style biology has not yet landed on that concept.

I'll consider any theory seriously that is:

1. Very simple

2. Very stable

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The universe has to be based of a very simple concept

why?

Because everything we have ever observed in nature follows the exact same pattern:

1. Single instable thing exists that tends to combine with other items to form a somewhat stable object

2. The results combine with other more complex things in the same manner to create something else

It's like a recursion. Something simple gets executed over and over again, each time gaining in parameters and complexity.

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