I won't ignore it. I will expand the thought. I offer more questions than answers.

Consider absolute oblivion. Absolutely nothing. No space, no time, no existence. The concept is difficult for a human mind to imagine; it defies description in words. You either grok it or you don't.

Why is there a universe in the first place, (or a multiverse, according to some scientists) rather than absolute oblivion? I don't know that science can provide a meaningful answer to that question. If it can, it is a long way from doing so.

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Consciousness

Science is a long way from understanding the nature of human consciousness if it even can. Beyond the question of the nature and existence of human consciousness in general, is the question of individual consciousness. Why do I experience consciousness as me, rather than someone else? Conversely, why am I the one who experiences life as me? Why do I, as an individual, exist at all?

People often speculate about life (that is conscious continuity) after death, but religions (at least those termed "Abrahamic") do not consider life (consciousness) before birth. Does one's individual consciousness exist independently of one's body?

If you discount the idea of pre- and post-existence, then from an individual's perspective, before being born, and after death, one "experiences" absolute oblivion. From the individual's perspective, the universe, space, and time are non-existent outside of one's brief life span.

At one particular moment, a sperm cell united with an egg cell. That union was destined to become me, a unique and specific, conscious individual. No other such union, at any time in human history was or will be me. Why this particular union, at this particular time, and not some other? Why did I come to exist at all? Why not permanent personal oblivion?

If one particular union at one particular time created the conscious being that I am, is it possible that another such union could also produce a me, in a different form? My existence proves that I always had a potential to exist, and may have in the future.

Finally, would the universe have any relevance if it did not contain beings capable of appreciating its existence?

I will stop here rather than speculate on the implications of multiple universe theory on consciousness, free will, and individuality.