If yes, why?
(Nothing being the absence of anything. Anything being the presence of something...)
2006-10-10 08:13:05 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Haha, no, this isn't for any class. I'm just a thoughtful person :p
2006-10-10 08:19:21 · update #1
You've misunderstood the concept...
"Nothing" is improbable.
"Anything" is possible.
"Everything" is impossible.
Sit cross-legged and hum a bunch of sh*t for a while.
It'll get to ya!
2006-10-10 08:14:17 · answer #1 · answered by The Mac 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
While nothing may be possible, it has yet to be observed.
Many people thought there were huge volumes of nothing for a while. At first it was just beyond the atmosphere, then between stars, or galaxies. But as our understanding and perception of the subtle and miniscule has advanced, we have found that there is quite literally nothing that we have observed that has nothing in it.
Even the remotest void of space is filled with radiation of somethings from elsewhere and with virtual particles that are continually being created and disappearing like a sea of static. And even if you were to create an entirely new and isolated section of space, it would still have this stuff in it.
Now, you might have nothing in non-space - places where even empty space does not exist. How would you go there and see? I have no idea. But that's the only place I can think of that might ACTUALLY have NOTHING in it.
2006-10-10 09:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although i agree with the point about wittgenstein and also the one about if there is nothing then you have something i.e. the absence of anything. However I think if you actually look beyond the word games and think of the concept its impossible to do (Descartes would have been buggered if it was) therefore and there are a lot of reasons; conceptually "nothing" is impossible, physically nothing is impossible as there would always be some energy in the universe however dispersed it may be. But it boils down to what exaclty you mean by "Possible" we'd need the context i.e. can it be imagined, could a state of nothing ever exist, could we ever become nothing etc..... Either way nothing is not possible logically, physically, conceptually.
2006-10-10 12:56:05 · answer #3 · answered by Bobby B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Making the right choice has muct to do with seeing our way past any doubt, and causes us to come into deep mediation concerning the effort of right thinking... so we are in a state of rest... and having the heart to challenge what we know can be changed... doing what is possible is only challenged if someone is disabled... in which case we may need to lend helping hands.. In other cases we could all use a wake up call! Only God can do what is impossible.. but we do need to challenge ourselves to rise and do all that we can! Lastly, until we are accomplishing that, which is possible, we best lay aside the impossible for another time and day... for, if we can't attend to the possible now, then God won't see us as being fit to handle the 'impossible!' Takes alot of perservance to attain the kind of mind and heart practice to achieve the will and skill to know how to do the impossible. Good q' ((Asul))
2016-03-13 05:49:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If everything is possible from self realisation, nothing is also possible. Merely opposite poles where one exists, the other must also exist.
But 0 is null which is not the opposite of 1 because 0 is void which mathematically shows all multiples except 0, must be larger or equal to 1. Er. Make any sense there ?
2006-10-10 08:38:52 · answer #5 · answered by mmmporg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing Is Possible
2017-01-14 17:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happens all the time. Literally.
All phenomena emerge from nothing, and return to it. That much is apparant. Nothing itself, is harder to spot, but what else could possible be behind all of this?
Nothing is the absence of anything, including absence. Particularly thinking.
Keep trying to figure it out until the thinking gives up. Then it is very clear!
2006-10-10 15:02:27 · answer #7 · answered by joju 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are parts of the universe that contain no mater and no energy. However, according to Einstein, space itself is bent due to gravitation forces, and gravitational forces propagate from all mater at the speed of light in a vacuum. Perhaps you could say, that "Nothing" exists beyond the edge of our universe, where the gravitational wave haven't penetrated yet.
2006-10-10 13:17:28 · answer #8 · answered by Michael M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is impossible. There is a lot to consider, space, time, air- Data on the Next Generation Star Trek once pondered... 'Could a lack of dimension be a dimension in itself?'
I was going to leave this answer blank but I wasn't sure if people would get it.
Have a great day!!!
Now... how do you take the phrase-- 'nothing is impossible' in this case?
2006-10-10 08:17:34 · answer #9 · answered by Coo coo achoo 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes "nothing" is still possible. Like the number "0". It may have a null value, but a vlaue nun the less.
"nothing" is still something, just not quite enought.
If this is for a psych class and u make an A...i want a beer
2006-10-10 08:16:43 · answer #10 · answered by cjordan23 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Look..I wouldnt say that "nothing"is actually possible,but I dont believe in the saying that says"Anything's possible"..I am somewhere in between!
2006-10-10 08:15:15 · answer #11 · answered by firefly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋