@mark noble,
mark noble wrote:
Hi Ken,
1) Your interpretation (does nothing exist?) Assumes that everything does not exist.
2) My interpretation (Does noothing exist) Assumes that there is potentially a place where there is nothing, such as before the big bang, at the end of time, in a part of the universe.
Thank you ken.
Mark...
this subject of philosophical conjecture, more than most, is free to wild and divergent interpretations. to be specific in the matter, i will address the interpretations enumerated in the above quotation.
1. this interpretation has been thrown around by philosophers. it is put into a simple question. does everything really exist, or is it all in my head? put in the context of the "nothingness" dilemma, one supposes that reality is actually nothingness, and by consciousness, we create the reality we know. in this light, nothingness of course exists, and is our pure, yet unknown state.
2. in this case, the answer can be yes or no. for the affirmative, it can be argued that the presence of a supreme being accounts for the "times" before and after time, and the belief that nothing existed until creation, and nothing may exist at the end of time. for the negative, it can also be argued that the concept of "nothing" presupposes that it is immeasurable, and thus it is impossible for there to be a place or area of nothingness, since it creates a paradox.
of course i am no philosophical expert or great mind, and i admit i may be incorrect on some (or all lol) of my response. personally, i think that "nothing" does not exist. even if one sites deep space as containing "nothing", but even in remote places in the universe where there may be no large bodies, light, gamma, beta, radio, gravity and all sorts of rays and waves travel through space at all times and in all directions. this means that even in the most remote and seemingly empty parts of the universe, there are still elements familiar and unfamiliar to us.
