is nothing the absence of something ?

Question

can nothing come from nothing
can nothing be nothing without there being something

Answer 1

Q. is nothing the absence of something ?



A. Nothing is the absence of everything.





Q. can nothing come from nothing



A. Nothing would already be nothing so wouldn't need to replicate itself or produce another nothing, because nothing plus nothing is still nothing.



Q. can nothing be nothing without there being something



A. It's vital that nothing is without something because with something would mean that there would be something instead of nothing.

Answer 2

a. Yes

b. Nothing cannot come from nothing, because in order for there to be nothing there has to have been something.

c. Nothing can be nothing without there being something, however nothing can't be any thing without there having been something.



Nice question - to add to the confusion: can something actually be nothing? and if so, does that mean that it is possible for something to have no effect on anything?



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Answer 3

It's actually the void filled with thoughts. Yet thoughts have no material presence. Therefore there is nothing to contemplate, which would suggest an absence of something, and ultimately nothing.

Answer 4

Funny. I used to lie awake at nights fretting over this exact same question.



It all started with a very poor grasp of quantum physics and an even poorer understanding of the theorised genesis/creation of the universe...

Then I came of the legal drinking age and now I don't need to worry about it any more.



It only remains for me to point out that in the absence of every thing there will be no thing.

Answer 5

I love this question.



If anything can form in your mind as a form, then it is something, is it not? Since you conceive of a form called "nothing," then nothing becomes something and since it is something it can not be nothing.



No matter how much you remove in your mind all objects so as to strip away everything in an attempt to define nothing, you will always have at least one thing, the form which is the thought of it and that form is always going to be something. Therefore, nothing cannot have a form which represents it and be nothing.



The concept of nothing is beyond the ability of humanity, of the human mind, to comprehend. Because the very definition of nothing always makes it something, which is a something which is no-thing. You see, you cannot get to that final stage in your mind. You cannot strip away the last layer of the onion to get at the core of it. It's just quite simply impossible to get there using a human mind.



This says something about the human mind, does it not? It says, that the human mind is only tactile, only functional, when the mind has a form to work with. There is not one thing you can conceive of, that cannot be defined as a form. Your mind is a machine which uses a form in order to start the process of comprehension. YOu cannot comprehend that which does not start as a form, and no-thing is formless objectively.

Answer 6

Nothing is the absence of everything or anything. Except on Tuesdays.

Answer 7

Nothing is the abscence of everything. Nothing comes from nothing (which is why I don't believe in the Big Bang). Nothing is nothing - when there is something, it is no longer nothing.

Answer 8

Nothing is something. Don't believe in just your eyes. Read between the lines.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

I think you are making something of nothing.

Answer 11

yes.

nothing is the absence of something.

jim said so. believe it or else......?

Answer 12

hey jonathan..... jim banged the nail on the head.... there is no longer nothing.......if we give it a name its something... thinking back when i was a child i would often ask of an adult.... whats that... only to be told... nothing... theres always something... we just have to find its name.........

Answer 13

no

yes. Clever clogs!

yes. Cutie!

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

nothing is the presence of thing that has made u. .e god

Answer 16

No