Where did the 'first something' come from?

There is an inescapable problem with anything that exists: It always came from something else. But there had to be a first something to preclude everything else. This has been an unsolvable riddle for well over 3,000 years, until the advent of Potentialism.

Now we understand that potential precludes actuality. In simpler terms, the potential for something to be always comes before it actually does. And Potentialism gives us the mechanic for how something transitions from a possibility to an actuality.

And how was there any 'something' other than 'nothing'?

When complexity builds up to an unbearable extent and can no longer find ready ways to express itself, it forces a Complexification event to occur. The C+ event is the mechanic for which the universe creates a new something out of the infinite possibilities of potential.

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