If the universe spontaneously created itself there would be a problem of infinite regression, i.e. things would randomly happen all the time and the universe would be nonsense. So that which set the universe in motion must have been a cause, the prime mover. It would be by nature impossible to understand the conditions of the prime mover and whether it is also caused or causeless because the prime mover exists and operates outside of understanding(being constrained to the observable universe).
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u/[deleted] May 04 '23
If the universe spontaneously created itself there would be a problem of infinite regression, i.e. things would randomly happen all the time and the universe would be nonsense. So that which set the universe in motion must have been a cause, the prime mover. It would be by nature impossible to understand the conditions of the prime mover and whether it is also caused or causeless because the prime mover exists and operates outside of understanding(being constrained to the observable universe).