Re: Why is there something rather than nothing?

From: Brent Meeker <meekerdb.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:36:27 -0800

Stephen Paul King wrote:
> Hi Norman,
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norman Samish" <ncsamish.domain.name.hidden>
> To: <everything-list.domain.name.hidden>
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:14 AM
> Subject: Why is there something rather than nothing?
>
>
>
>>"Why is there something rather than nothing?"
>>
>>When I heard that Famous Question, I did not assume that "nothing" was
>>describable - because, if it was, it would not be "nothing." I don't
>>think
>>of "nothing" as an empty bitstring - I think of it as the absence of a
>>bitstring - as "no thing."
>>
>>Given that definition, is there a conceivable answer to The Famous
>>Question?
>
>
> Yes, there is an answer! Because Nothingness can not non-Exist.
>
> Onward!
>
> Stephen

Or in the words of Norm Levitt, "What is there? Everything! So what isn't
there? Nothing!"

Brent Meeker


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