On 14/03/2007, at 5:59 PM, Brent Meeker wrote:
>> nevertheless >> >> I think we need more on question 1 >> >> Questions 2 and 3 appear to have answers of sorts >> >> Kim Jones > > What kind of statement would you regard as an answer to why there > is something rather than nothing? For example here are some > possible answers: > > 1. What is there? Everything! What isn't there? Nothing! > 2. Nothing is unstable (Frank Wilczek, Nobelist physics) > 3. Why should Nothing be the default and Something need an > explanation? > 4. The universe is just Nothing rearranged (Vic Stenger, Yonatan > Fishman) > > I think it's one of those questions that seems as if it should have > answer because it is so simple and clear, but which on reflection > you find isn't clear at all. What is Nothing? Can you conceive of > Nothing? Is absolute Nothing a coherent concept or is Nothing just > absence of matter, i.e. empty space. > > Brent Meeker I believe that the 'ability to conceive of nothing' - in a Loebian machine context might be forbidden under comp (I could be wrong) I cannot personally conceive of nothing. All of your four statements may well apply - its just not the whole description. Nothing is BIG enough to encompass at least four descriptive statements - it can surely hold a few more doing pretty well for a bunch of nothin Can we say that nothing is *big* in some sense and therefore have that property? It's a nonsensical idea but you never know Is nothing big or small Kim > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
