(April 14, 2016 at 12:21 pm)LostLocke Wrote:(April 14, 2016 at 11:27 am)SteveII Wrote: No, nothing means "not anything". If you want to use the term to mean "the lowest energy state of a quantum vacuum", then you mean "the lowest energy state of a quantum vacuum"--which is something.'Prime' steak, prime means the best type of steak. So, in 'prime' the pump, prime means to make the pump the best type of pump, right? Since once 'prime' has been given that one meaning, the best of, it can't have a different meaning or usage, just like 'nothing'.
Anyway...what is your point? That the universe popped into being out of nothing that meant something other than "not anything"? Where did that nothing come from? Or, do you want to switch back the definition so you can say "that makes no sense"?
