Quote:it is said that an actual infinite number of things is an absurdity
It's absurd because the words number and things imply finite, which contradicts the conception of infinite. 'Nothing' would simply appear to be the inverse of infinity - having complete bound.
Quote:It runs into problems as soon as you try to say 'if nothing existed'. Does nothing have no properties? Isn't 'having no properties' a property?
If this is how you would define nothing, then surely it existed moments before I read this thread when I wasn't thinking about it (applying properties to it). This nothing would simply be the opposite of something. Put another way, think of a red cat sitting on a porch in the sunlight.. Now, whatever you weren't thinking about is 'nothing'. It become something as soon as you think about it.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
