Thoughts ? — Deus
Has 'nothing' ever being identified; can it be identified, or are we talking about a theoretical nothing? — Tom Storm
Having no qualities or characteristics such as time, mass, dimensions or other such characteristics that would define ‘something’. — Deus
Yet here we are so I guess the question then leads to did something come from nothing ? — Deus
:fire:... something from everything. The prior potential could be understood as a plenum, a state of absolute everythingness. — apokrisis
So here we make the usual mistake of attributing issues that arise in the mind to nature, that are not a problem for nature. — Manuel
:clap: :up:So perhaps something from nothing is the process which happens when humans have conscious experiences. — Tom Storm
e.g. Eternal vacua of fluctuating, virtual universes/clocks. — 180 Proof
pregeometric — apokrisis
Most interesting! — Ms. Marple
So here we make the usual mistake of attributing issues that arise in the mind to nature, that are not a problem for nature. — Manuel
it contains the same error that is common to all metaphysics: it ignores, or forgets, the involvement of the subject in the question. — Angelo Cannata
I then conclude that ‘something’ has always existed and has done so eternally.
Case closed ? — Deus
Which branch of math do you suppose is most apt for decoding the Big Bang — Agent Smith
The ultimate question of metaphysics is, "What is the ultimate question of metaphysics?"
It all breaks down to computing the path integral of the symmetry of quantum foam, so that a vacuum results. — jgill
I sense an agreement on your part that other branches of math, not just calculus, may lead to breakthroughs — Agent Smith
You just rightly rejected the idea that something could come from nothing — apokrisis
There isn't a difference between a state of anything and everything that is really absolute vagueness and nothing. — Shed
Why is there something rather than nothing ? — Deus
The slightest somethingness is already a pointer towards the two ultimate anchoring bounds of nothingness and everythingness - the two distant limits that show the somethingness to be what it is in terms of what it is not ... which is either a nothing or an everything — apokrisis
It all breaks down to computing the path integral of the symmetry of quantum foam, so that a vacuum results. :chin: — jgill
In other words, T unites, opposes and identifies L and R at the same time!
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