Fri 3 Aug, 2012 07:05 pm - [quote="JLNobody"]
David Albert has described nothingness as analagous to what would remain if the entire cosmos were to shrink (like a baloon) to the [u]point[/u] of "nothing... (view)
Thu 2 Aug, 2012 09:25 am - [quote="Fil Albuquerque"]
...you can ascribe whatever you want to a given word if you wish...for lack of better you can even project yourself in a false idea or a pseudo concept...but... (view)
Thu 26 Jul, 2012 11:37 pm - [quote="guigus"]For your sentence, "nothing is the absence of something," to be true, the word "nothing" must mean "something." Otherwise, one is rather... (view)
Thu 26 Jul, 2012 10:58 pm - [quote="Fil Albuquerque"]
...you are completely right ! Nothing is the absence of something indeed... a relative measure of absence, that only has contextual meaning while there was... (view)
Thu 26 Jul, 2012 06:39 pm - [quote="Manss"]
If nothing existed it wasn't noting
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The way you talk about "nothing" already makes "it" [i][b]something[/b][/i]. If you want to be... (view)
Mon 21 Nov, 2011 12:45 pm - [quote="JPLosman0711"]
I'd say there is no 'externally', internal/external would be an arbitrary distinction as one is always in the same 'place'.
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Mon 21 Nov, 2011 12:35 pm - [quote="JPLosman0711"]
I'd say there is no 'externally', internal/external would be an arbitrary distinction as one is always in the same 'place'.
I have... (view)
Mon 21 Nov, 2011 12:29 pm - [quote="JPLosman0711"]
I'd say that 'wealthy people' or 'wealth' has nothing to do with who you are.
'Money' is a luxury that is not worth pursuing,... (view)