Topic: What is nothing? Physicists debate
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Tue 04/02/13 10:20 AM
Nothing is the matter

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Tue 04/02/13 10:28 AM
Let me get this straight. I believe my sex life consists of "nothing" based on the absence of a physical man in my bed, the complete and utter void of touch, taste and emotional stimulation...but I could be wrong? :banana:

Wait a minute......if I don't get to enjoy it....still nothing! slaphead

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Tue 04/02/13 09:01 PM
Edited by sweetestgirl11 on Tue 04/02/13 09:02 PM

Let me get this straight. I believe my sex life consists of "nothing" based on the absence of a physical man in my bed, the complete and utter void of touch, taste and emotional stimulation...but I could be wrong? :banana:

Wait a minute......if I don't get to enjoy it....still nothing! slaphead


well my sex life consists of "memories" so I guess that is not nothing......although some of the memories are better than others. There are a few that probably could qualify as "nothing" laugh devil

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Wed 04/03/13 12:40 AM
Nothing is something invisible to the eye.

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Wed 04/03/13 01:24 AM







... and i'm still not clear on why you think gravity waves pass through objects...


I didn't say that gravity passes through objects.
I said, " An area that is a vacuum can still have gravitational force passing through it."

However, since you mentioned it, yes, gravitational force does pass through objects. Whenever you are inside a building, gravitational force passes through the floor(s) of the building to reach you.


huh... good point...laugh drinker


Gravity does pass through objects and then some... passes through the Earth's surface till it's end point is reached at the center of a planet or whatever. The point of it is to create orbit from moons to planets. Then binds planets to stars in an orbit. Stars form a rotation around a center to form galaxies and then form a binding between galaxies. Without gravity they would just go hurtling through space


no gravity would make it harder to go to the bathroom, too...


I think we could still go to the bathroom, but it might be hard to keep the stuff in the toilet. laugh


i think the aim would be a bit different...
you'd see signs everywhere stating:"We aim to please,and you Aim Too,Please"!bigsmile

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Wed 04/03/13 07:51 AM


Let me get this straight. I believe my sex life consists of "nothing" based on the absence of a physical man in my bed, the complete and utter void of touch, taste and emotional stimulation...but I could be wrong? :banana:

Wait a minute......if I don't get to enjoy it....still nothing! slaphead


well my sex life consists of "memories" so I guess that is not nothing......although some of the memories are better than others. There are a few that probably could qualify as "nothing" laugh devil


what is this "sex life" thing i keep hearing about?

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Sun 04/28/13 01:23 PM
Through my understanding gravity is force- not a substance. To identify and categorise different forces would be moot because a force draws in substance- through defining the force your defining what it effects. and we can see it effects everything within its grasp. I guess what people are looking for would be the force particle- if this particle exists it would be produced with a simple wave of your hand.. The real question to solve this problem would probably be what are the mom and pop particles to other particles. And if there are mom and pop particles [doesnt seem plausible to me]...

Nothing is a conceptualised idea. If you want to attach it to something "tangible" [for lack of a better word] you will be going against the very meaning of it. Nothing is absence of everything or specific parts of everything when used in speech. Best definition I can come up with.

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Sun 04/28/13 03:16 PM

Nothing is the matter


That is very profound.

Einstein said "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one."


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Sun 04/28/13 03:18 PM

Through my understanding gravity is force- not a substance. To identify and categorise different forces would be moot because a force draws in substance- through defining the force your defining what it effects. and we can see it effects everything within its grasp. I guess what people are looking for would be the force particle- if this particle exists it would be produced with a simple wave of your hand.. The real question to solve this problem would probably be what are the mom and pop particles to other particles. And if there are mom and pop particles [doesnt seem plausible to me]...

Nothing is a conceptualised idea. If you want to attach it to something "tangible" [for lack of a better word] you will be going against the very meaning of it. Nothing is absence of everything or specific parts of everything when used in speech. Best definition I can come up with.



Since "something" exists, "nothing" doesn't.

The state of "Nothing" is impossible.


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Sun 04/28/13 03:21 PM


Through my understanding gravity is force- not a substance. To identify and categorise different forces would be moot because a force draws in substance- through defining the force your defining what it effects. and we can see it effects everything within its grasp. I guess what people are looking for would be the force particle- if this particle exists it would be produced with a simple wave of your hand.. The real question to solve this problem would probably be what are the mom and pop particles to other particles. And if there are mom and pop particles [doesnt seem plausible to me]...

Nothing is a conceptualised idea. If you want to attach it to something "tangible" [for lack of a better word] you will be going against the very meaning of it. Nothing is absence of everything or specific parts of everything when used in speech. Best definition I can come up with.



Since "something" exists, "nothing" doesn't.

The state of "Nothing" is impossible.





if you were there to witness nothing, then nothing can't happen because you are there...

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Sun 04/28/13 04:15 PM
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates

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Sun 04/28/13 04:24 PM
It is. So to define nothing then is to define impossibility which would put a wrench in everything is possible scientific approach- thus getting us closer to defining the perimeters of existence.. or so I jumped.

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Sun 04/28/13 04:38 PM
As in Physics from what I understand, no such thing exists as nothing. Energy is always present, even in empty space.

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Sun 04/28/13 05:13 PM

As in Physics from what I understand, no such thing exists as nothing. Energy is always present, even in empty space.

True, i do believe that there's something in the nothing state.

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Sun 04/28/13 05:33 PM

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates


That is illogical.

I know I exist.


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Mon 04/29/13 01:49 PM


The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates


That is illogical.

I know I exist.




i think the truer quote from Socrates is: "For everything there is to know, all i really know is that i know nothing". meaning, he'll never gain all the knowledge of the universe...

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Mon 04/29/13 01:56 PM
I guess when you fully understand things better than a kindergartner, it gets more complicated huh?

Even anti matter seems to be something. Nothing is hard to conceive if you understand that even air is something. Light is something. What you do not feel or see is something.

There are no "nothings" to verify because it is all made up of something.

LOL

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Mon 04/29/13 02:53 PM
There is nothing in my refrigerator!:cry:

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Mon 04/29/13 03:28 PM



The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates


That is illogical.

I know I exist.




i think the truer quote from Socrates is: "For everything there is to know, all i really know is that i know nothing". meaning, he'll never gain all the knowledge of the universe...



Then he should say what he means. No one will gain all the knowledge of the universe. The whole of mankind will never gain all the knowledge of the universe.

Also, it is illogical to "know nothing." You can only know something.

Nothing is unknowable because it does not exist. bigsmile tongue2

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Mon 04/29/13 03:30 PM

There is nothing in my refrigerator!:cry:


More literally, you should say,

"There is no food in my refrigerator."