The Universe exists in a vacuum. But a vacuum is not nothing. Nothing has no color, no dimensions. And time? Dont get me started! Can you imagine, nothing.
2007-10-20 08:58:04 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes I can. Unfortunately. Nothing could be defined as the [existant by virtue of its absence] space (ignore the paradox..) upon which possibilities are realized.
So dimensions occur over it, matter occurs over it, extension occurs over it, people...dogs......concrete....everything.
Imagine that all the dimensions are paints and colours, and nothing is the paper they need to maintain coherence and to exist in meaningful relation to each other. It is the thing over which everything else is laid.
Of course, I could be wrong, and almost certainly am. But thats how I like to think of nothing.
On another note, naming or conceiving nothing does not mean it has become something, any more then naming or conceiving a pink elephant means they exist. This is one of those places where Descartes started getting circular. Independent conception of a thing does not impact upon the properties inherent to it.
2007-10-20 09:09:34 · answer #1 · answered by Rafael 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The theory is not logical. What came first the chicken or the egg? To have nothing, you had to start with something.
Let me argue this using a piece of scripture, since that is the basis for EVERYTHING.
1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
To be without form, and void in a sense is nothing, but if you read on it states darkness was upon the face of the deep. Darkness is something even if it brings nothing. God always was, it can't be explained scientifically, philosophically, or any man made way because it surpasses our understanding
How does the universe exist in a vacuum, because like you stated a vacuum is not NOTHING it is SOMETHING. If I had to imagine nothing, It would be like your soul in boundary free dimensions, you haven't yet been created so you don't realize the concept of time. You are just somewhere where time, mass, matter, is non-existant -- you don't even realize you exist. Till God wakes you for either creation or destruction.
I don't question the impercieveable because God only gives us a brain and soul, that limits us in what we can do or understand. Imagination is not so more profound than knowledge, it takes us away from the light into the darkness.
2007-10-21 17:59:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its much easier to imagine everything and then forget it all. Certainly with the way that science and religion is bringing up the world these days our minds aren't used to the concept or even conceiving the concept. There is a great book called the Book of Nothing. I can't remember who wrote it sorry but it covers the origins of the concept in the human psyche, as well as helping to explain nothing.
2007-10-20 16:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by Matt C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing is impossible to imagine because even thoughts must consist of some logic and therefore dimensions, parameters and matter. It is however fun to try. Sometimes, I like to lay in bed, staring at the ceiling and try to imagine "forever."
2007-10-20 16:06:55 · answer #4 · answered by Imposter H 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nothing...Nirvava...a state of perfect peace. Yep I can imagine. Try laying outside some clear evening n looking at all the trillions of stars in the sky. It clears your head n let's u imagine forever. Could possibly be what John Lennon was getting at. Definitely somethin to think about!!
2007-10-20 20:28:35 · answer #5 · answered by PJ ~88~ FAN 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Utopia is the Greek word for living in a land of nothing, no stress,an ave for a mental catharsis as in the world of
Superman (comics) a Fortress of Mental solitude.
2007-10-20 16:09:21 · answer #6 · answered by rocky 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Nothing" is the absence of something known! A vacuum is not nothing because it can be identified and it has properties by definition.
Someone has insightfully said; "nothing cannot exist-because in giving it a name it has been identified as something."
2007-10-20 16:07:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but it exists in another dimension.
Nothing in this dimension is something in another.
A graviton has no mass but is all energy in this universe.
However, in theory, a graviton can "skip" to another dimension.
2007-10-20 20:50:36 · answer #8 · answered by gary L 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well its at times like this i turn to Epicurus
Easiest answer: Nothing= No Thing its easy to imaging *no things* SO YES!
Gotta love semantics
2007-10-20 16:13:30 · answer #9 · answered by shortfantasychick 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There is no nothing. There is non-thing, like love and hope. They are not the same as nothing and, therefore, circuity wins again.
2007-10-20 21:32:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋