mcdaddy Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Talk amongst yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene39 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 So far, I've come up empty handed on that question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wester Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Uhm....in our univerese, there cannot be nothing. And, after all, nothing is something. Or, we measure out the postitive matter in the universe against the negative, dark energy and matter and we find that the equation balances perfectly with zero, which means we are living in the middle of nothing, made out of nothing. And since quantum particles only exist in states of probability, is it right to call all this "something" or just a probable something? My advice is to get rid of your abstract obsessions, quit debating these issues with theistic non-philosophers and non-physicists. Get out and get some frech air and enjoy your life. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherJosh Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Depends on how we define nothing. Currently, our understanding of the universe is that it is flat within a .5% margin of error. The positive energy is canceled out by the negative energy in the form of gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBOOT Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 There are both matter and anti-matter. For some reason there is more matter than antimatter in our our universe . In a multiverse, perhaps a parallel universe has more antimatter than matter to balance things out lol Hypothetical string theory should support our framework ... Work in progress, The ultimate question should be what triggered the vibration or existential shock enabling polarities from which a multiverse could emerge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overcame Faith Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Is that a trick question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator florduh Posted March 29, 2012 Super Moderator Share Posted March 29, 2012 I got nothin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBOOT Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Is that a trick question? You bet it is. If you have the answer right now... you're a religious fundamentalist. If you answer with another question... you're a scientist lol Until we have a more profound grasp of what makes up matter (stuff that has mass), we can only speculate. This hyperlink should help any fundie lol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denyoz Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Because, it's like, mathematics, like when you count, you start with zero, and then you say one, and then two... zero = nothing one = something See? very simple. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Nothing is just a thing of no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdaddy Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Because, it's like, mathematics, like when you count, you start with zero, and then you say one, and then two... zero = nothing one = something See? very simple. I must be a huge mow-rahn cuz I steels dunna gets it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Because, it's like, mathematics, like when you count, you start with zero, and then you say one, and then two... zero = nothing one = something See? very simple. Or nothing = null = { } and something = integer = ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ... Also very simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBOOT Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 ... and then there was Forrest Gump lol ... with his box of cho-co-la-tes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Why Is There Something Instead Of Nothing? Because someone made a mess and didn't clean it up. So they left something for the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Pudd doesn't understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 If you have the answer right now... you're a religious fundamentalist. If you answer with another question... you're a scientist lol Ha. When do I get my supreme scientist label? I'm always asking questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwc Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 The question of why there is something, or anything, only matters to something capable of asking it. mwc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigile Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 The question of why there is something, or anything, only matters to something capable of asking it. mwc My cat is all torn up over it. He wakes up in the middle of the night and when the question weighs too heavily on his mind, he literally bounces off the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwc Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 My cat is all torn up over it. He wakes up in the middle of the night and when the question weighs too heavily on his mind, he literally bounces off the walls. Who do you think got me to post to this thread? Our cats ponder this topic endlessly. It consumes and tortures them. mwc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 My cat is all torn up over it. He wakes up in the middle of the night and when the question weighs too heavily on his mind, he literally bounces off the walls. Who do you think got me to post to this thread? Our cats ponder this topic endlessly. It consumes and tortures them. mwc Your cat wanted you posting here so he could shred the shower curtain without interruption. You have been played. The shower curtain will go from something... to nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingLife Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 This is one of those weed smoking philosophical moments everyone forgets when they sober up. Frigging awesome while you stoned though. (Remembers episode from Greek) Filosofy is phun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdaddy Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Mmmmm. I could use a wake and bake right Nowz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdaddy Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 So y'all are sayin that even if absolutely NO THING existed.....there would still be SOME THING?!? What would that thing be? The - Abstract concept of zero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurisaz Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 *shrugs at the OP question* If there was nothing, we wouldn't be here to discuss such questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabula Rasa Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 If you think about it another way, something and nothing are the same thing. When you get down to the atomic level, protons, neutrons, and even teensier particles like neutrinos and tachyons, are composed of mostly empty space. So "something" is basically "nothing" but patterns of void."Everything" is made out of "nothing". I think I just melted my brain.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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