(May 20, 2014 at 3:48 pm)BlackMason Wrote:(May 19, 2014 at 10:33 pm)MrWizard Wrote: Can you prove something came from nothing?
I don't think anyone can prove whether something came from nothing. The reason is simple: You need a "nothing" to observe to see if in fact something can come from it or not. What is nothing? Is it possible to have nothing? The conceptual idea of nothing that we have probably doesn't exist. If nothing is simply a void, then are there air particles in it? What about dust?
You see as human beings we tend to explain things by referencing them to that which we know and understand. Even new ideas and notions. So our concept of "nothing" is based on that which is. And since you'd be fucking around if you define something as that which isn't, we actually have a paradox. "Nothing" is a paradox.
Lastly, I will concede that inductive reasoning would lead us to believe that something does not come from nothing. But what's your point?
Actually something comes from nothing all the time. Read some quantum physics.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
