Or an opposite? And if this was true, if we somehow combined two reciprocals (like we do in abstract math) in the real world, what would happen?
Eg: When you combine matter and anti-matter, you get an enormous burst of energy.
2007-03-10 19:42:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
to rhsaunders:
Zero doesn't exist. Ergo, it wouldn't need a reciprocal in the first place. Instead, it is a simple representation of a profound concept.
2007-03-10 19:48:25 · update #1
No. The idea of 'duality' is a very western one. The idea that there everything is in pairs is rather limiting. I believe it makes one miss the shades of gray, philosophically speaking. It's 'easy' to think of things as duality, but I believe that in reality, things are on a spectrum. A spectrum that likely in many cases comes full circle and is not simply linear. When you combine hot and cold, you get warm. They are all one and the same and they are all different at the same time. Things, of course can create a reaction, as in the matter/anti-gravity matter combination, however many things cause 'reactions' that are not 'opposites'. Warm water with cold water makes colder water. Yellow and blue make green.
2007-03-10 19:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by prekinpdx 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's a strong tendency to -define- things in terms of opposites.
We don't actually need to do that. Imagine that we had a language structure which allowed us to define things along a continuum, something like: uncomfortable in an unbearably sweaty sticky way -- uncomfortable in a bearably sweaty sticky way -- uncomfortable in a sweaty way -- only slightly sweaty -- getting close to comfortable -- comfortable -- going away from comfortable -- ..... -- uncomfortable to the point that I have lost all sensation in my toes.... etc.
There would be no dichotomy in such a language. The example above is only awkward because English is dichotomy driven. Our way of looking at the world is therefore dichotomy driven and the idea that everything requires an opposite to exist seems normal. It isn't, it's merely an artifact of language.
2007-03-11 04:59:00 · answer #2 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, opposites attract. When two opposite people get married, they are fine for a little bit and then you get an enormous burst of energy when they divorce and sue the pants off each other.
2007-03-11 04:49:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Zero does not require a reciprocal to exist. And it is of dubious utility to try to apply the concept to non-mathematical constructs.
2007-03-11 04:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm not really sure about the reciprical... sure it exists in some cases. I just think it needs to be conceived to "exist"; ideas exist. I think when to recipricals are combined they either cease to exist, combine into something entirely different, or some sort of middle ground that could potentially be reversed.
2007-03-11 04:53:20 · answer #5 · answered by MJ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know... if it did, would that mean there is an anti-me somewhere? or just an equal amount of energy and matter?
2007-03-11 04:46:11 · answer #6 · answered by AfWuEcSkOyMoEu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we always like to know what the other guy thinks and feels... So reciprocity will surely be well appreciated...
2007-03-11 04:47:18 · answer #7 · answered by u2care123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋