Dominic wrote:
> that that question itself is absurd, if there was 'nothing' and there
> was a 'why' to that 'nothing'; if it had a cause, then there wouldn't
> be nothing, there would be the cause: something.
The question is "why is there something", not "why is there nothing". The
question d
Somebody once wrote a piece of music which in fact involved not
writing a piece of music at all.
The score of the piece merely instructs the pianist to sit down, open
the lid of the piano and wait out a period of 4' 33" then close the
piano lid and walk off.
Many people who "heard" it at t
that that question itself is absurd, if there was 'nothing' and there
was a 'why' to that 'nothing'; if it had a cause, then there wouldn't
be nothing, there would be the cause: something.
so at no point can any explanation refer to a state where the universe
had not yet decided to go either 'not
Norman Samish wrote:
>"Why is there something rather than nothing?"
>
>When I heard that Famous Question, I did not assume that "nothing" was
>describable - because, if it was, it would not be "nothing." I don't think
>of "nothing" as an empty bitstring - I think of it as the absence of a
>bi
"Why is there something rather than nothing?"
When I heard that Famous Question, I did not assume that "nothing" was
describable - because, if it was, it would not be "nothing." I don't think
of "nothing" as an empty bitstring - I think of it as the absence of a
bitstring - as "no thing."
Gi
Hi Russell and the list:
I have been very distracted and am trying to catch up on the discussions.
At 01:35 AM 2/1/2006, you wrote:
>I don't agree with equating the vacuum with "Nothing", although I know
>a few people do. The vacuum still has a wealth of information
>associated with it.
>
>In t
There is a great article entitled "The Limts of Reason" by Gregory
Chaitin in the March Issue of Scientific American page 74. I quote:
"So perhaps mathematicians should not try to prove
everything. Sometimes they should try to add new axioms. That is what
you have got to do when you are faced
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