Why is there something, instead of nothing?
Philosophers are always pondering such questions like why is there something instead of nothing (thanks Jason Fraze for the question prompt) I don't think that this is really an answerable question.
However I would like to ask the question is there such a thing as nothing? In other words is there a place in the universe that is totally devoid of an existent thing?
After spending much too long on the subject I have concluded that no, nothing cannot exist. (In my proof I will prove that non-beings cannot exist, nothing is a subset of the non-beings set).
Proof:
Suppose that there are actually two possible classes of things...beings and non-beings. Assume that a set of non-beings exists. These non-beings are defined in that they are the compliment of the set of all things that are beings (In other words non-beings have no existence). But the set of non-beings is definable. And all things that are definable have a reality (however limited their reality is). But this is a contradiction in that non-beings must not have a reality for they are the compliment of all things real. Therefore by the law of non-contradiction, a non-being, or a nothing cannot be said to have existence or reality.
So what does this mean in practical reality? I'm not sure, but it brings a few thoughts to my mind that there cannot be such a point in history that nothing existed. So at the very least the Big-Bang theory falls short in explaining the universe. For even prior to the Big Bang, there was something. And before that there was something, so on ad infinitum. What is the answer to this "infinite regress" as Aquinas called it? God.
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The thing that reminds me of some of those basic necessities is a power outage. Take electricity for example. On the surface, it seams that if the power went out for 2 - 3 days it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but if it is in winter, you have two big issues that pop up immediately:
1. No heat. There is natural gas, there is fire, but there is no electricity to run the fan that blows that warmth throughout the house, the pipes freeze, and all kinds of trouble ensue.
2. My house like many has an electric range. Without electricity, I can't heat water or warm food or purify water(if I am boiling it to purify it).
Living completely off the grid would definitely take some major adjustments, or some interesting solutions to some of the issues. Great post Theo, I will enjoy reading the follow ones.
If you want to see some good old-fashioned shuffle-and-jive dancing, ask a Big-Banger this:
1) When but a tiny, tiny fraction of all the matter that exists gets together in one place, its mass is sufficient to create a "black hole" -- an agglomeration of matter so incredibly dense that not even light can escape its gravitational pull and NOTHING is said to ever be able to escape from the immense inward dynamic...
2) So how did ALL the matter of the ENTIRE universe, together in one massive puddle, un-black-hole itself?
Which, then, is wrong: Our Big-Bang theory or our Black Hole assumptions? Or perhaps both?
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