Does Xquisz exist? Is there such a thing as Xquisz? Is Xquisz a bone fide constituent of the cosmos?The immediate answer is 'no', there is no recognised constituent of the cosmos known as Xquisz.
Speculate that in 100 years time — due to advances in deep-space probe technology — a hitherto unknown property of the universe is discovered, and that it is named Xquisz. Clearly at this point Xquisz would then exist, and would be presumed to have existed all along.
Did Xquisz always exist? No and yes. It doesn't exist now because it is undetectable, so it didn't always exist. Yet once it is discovered and shown to have been an essential constituent of the universe since its formation it can be shown always to have existed.
In their book The Quantum Enigma, Rosenblum and Kuttner suggest (very tentatively) that consciousness creates reality, and that by thinking of something we cause it to be (p. 201):
"It has been wildly speculated that postulating a theory that is not in conflict with any previous observation actually creates a new reality"
In the above example, Xquisz only comes into being when it becomes part of the consciousness of those who conceive it. Prior to it being conceived of it has no existence.
