(March 29, 2016 at 5:45 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote:(March 29, 2016 at 3:56 am)Pope Markoff Chaney Wrote: Little Rik, I'm new to this thread, but your assertion that nothing does not exist is demonstrably false. There is the earth and the moon. In between there is a whole bunch of nothing. Just because nothingness exists does not mean that something cannot exist.
To the other people involved in this discussion, am I just banging my head against the wall here?
Got to disagree with you Pope. Just my way of saying hello and welcome to the forums.
The reason I disagree has nothing to do with agreeing with L'l Rik (sorry Ricky). I just can't conceive of nothing. Even if you suck all the matter out of a jar space still remains with all its latent potential. (If our local German astronuclearphysicalist/brainsurgeon wouldn't mind correcting me I promise to cease and desist.) Until then, I admit I find nothing perplexing.
I find the concept of nothing perplexing too. But there are vast regions of space that are devoid of matter. I guess some photons might be passing through and one might even argue that areas that are devoid of matter become something once observed. I suppose we could get into a debate about the nature of nothingness, but when I say nothingness exists, I mean that there are large (and sometimes small) gaps between matter, but I don't want to derail this thread.
- The Mgt.
