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Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent?

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RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent?

April 18, 2012 at 4:31 am

As soon as you start defining nothing as...(whatever) then it ceases to be nothing and become something that possesses qualities or the absence of qualities.

You can't imagine something which isn't because you will always be imagining the wrong thing.

'Nothing' in physics however is a very different beast.

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Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 18, 2012 at 3:36 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Darwinian - April 18, 2012 at 4:31 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by toro - April 18, 2012 at 10:56 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Nine - April 18, 2012 at 8:23 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Faith No More - April 18, 2012 at 8:30 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Nine - April 18, 2012 at 8:34 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by jackman - April 18, 2012 at 2:28 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Mister Agenda - April 18, 2012 at 3:13 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 18, 2012 at 3:40 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Neo-Scholastic - April 18, 2012 at 5:30 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by toro - April 18, 2012 at 10:42 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Perhaps - April 18, 2012 at 5:45 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Reforged - April 18, 2012 at 11:05 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by toro - April 19, 2012 at 1:03 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Violet - April 20, 2012 at 12:27 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by TheJackel - April 20, 2012 at 12:40 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Violet - April 20, 2012 at 12:54 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 20, 2012 at 1:04 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Violet - April 20, 2012 at 1:19 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 20, 2012 at 1:23 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Violet - April 20, 2012 at 1:35 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by twocompulsive - April 20, 2012 at 2:18 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by TheJackel - April 20, 2012 at 2:27 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Violet - April 20, 2012 at 9:46 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 20, 2012 at 12:11 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Violet - April 20, 2012 at 4:04 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Nine - April 20, 2012 at 4:24 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Darwinian - April 20, 2012 at 4:12 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by simplexity - April 20, 2012 at 7:14 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Norfolk And Chance - April 20, 2012 at 8:17 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 21, 2012 at 1:57 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Phil - April 21, 2012 at 2:36 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Jackalope - April 21, 2012 at 3:11 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Norfolk And Chance - April 22, 2012 at 9:52 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Phil - April 22, 2012 at 9:59 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Phil - April 21, 2012 at 6:17 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 21, 2012 at 5:47 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Phil - April 21, 2012 at 5:52 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by The Grand Nudger - April 21, 2012 at 5:49 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 21, 2012 at 5:53 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by The Grand Nudger - April 21, 2012 at 5:58 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 21, 2012 at 6:41 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by simplexity - April 21, 2012 at 6:57 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by The Grand Nudger - April 21, 2012 at 7:54 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - April 21, 2012 at 8:06 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by The Grand Nudger - April 21, 2012 at 8:14 pm

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Norfolk And Chance - April 22, 2012 at 10:23 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Ace Otana - April 22, 2012 at 10:25 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Tobie - April 22, 2012 at 10:26 am

RE: Is absolute 'nothing' really possible and/or coherent? - by Norfolk And Chance - April 22, 2012 at 10:39 am

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