Does nothing really exist?

Question

If after everything there is space, and space is something, then what's "nothing", I mean after space isn't there just space? I see "nothing" as more of a figure of speach, that just means the lacking, or apsense of something.

Answer 1

nothing cannot apply to something obviously as it is would not be nothing if you knew it was there. i agree, it does exist in the 'figure of speech' context but it cannot apply to an object if the object IS there to be seen. e.g " there is nothing in the box" as in the box is EMPTY. it is just the English language once again being very vague and ultimately confusing. must say brilliant question!!!!

Answer 2

Who said space is something? Space is not a thing it is a concept. Space is a void between things. Without things there would be no void. Space is the lack of a thing. But now is a concept a thing? Its not a physical thing. But it is a thing that comes from the human mind, assuming an idea is a thing. So space is something mental but not physical.

I guess that's how I see it.

Answer 3

Nothing is the opposite or negative of something , therefore is a something , it is the space uninhabited by some thing inside a room or the universe , you can flow trough with ease or fly in the space of negative something , you can measure this negative space by cubing the surrounding something so becomes the amount of nothing something .

Answer 4

Nothing is a word, a linguistic symbol to represent a concept of a change in the time/space continuum due to the human habit of duality and perceptive notion of opposites. So if there is thing, in another place or time, there can be no-thing. It is a catch-all for everything we cannot find a corresponding opposite like hot/cold, man/woman. So what is the opposite of a tree? Nothing.

Answer 5

You have brought up an age-old debate here. Before one can answer if nothing exists, they must answer what "something" really is. Quantum physics suggests that what we perceive as real may not exist when we close our eyes or leave the room. After all, what basis have we for believing otherwise? Until we know what is and what is not real, how can we begin to determine what nothing truly is?

Answer 6

Space does not exist by itself.
Einstein showed that space only exist as a relative measure of distance between things.
If there are no things -- there is no way to measure this distance, so there would be space.
In fact there would be no time either, as time is directly linked to mass.

Answer 7

Space without matter is just an abstract concept, not something real.
Space, matter, speed, time, are all linked. No one can exist without the others.

Answer 8

Space can either hold something or not.

Nothing is the lack of something. The space between something is nothing.

Answer 9

It's a mind bender, really. If nothing exists, then something, namely nothing, exists, so nothing cannot exist because something therefore must always exist even if what exists is nothing.

Answer 10

If nothing doesn't exist, then what do you refer to with the word "nothing?"

Without nothing, there wouldn't be anything.