Is nothing something?
May 15th 2007 07:54
The point of nothing - to paraphrase Bertrand Russell on philosophy - is to start with something so simple as to seem not worth examining, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
There is more to nothing than meets the eye. What I want to do, with those who want to contribute here, is to try to discover what it is all about, while showing that thinking about nothing means thinking about everything. History, philosophy, religion, art, literature, politics, science - all are touched by nothing. Who could have believed that nothing would turn out to be so interesting, so laden with intrigue, mystery and hidden information
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There is more to nothing than meets the eye. What I want to do, with those who want to contribute here, is to try to discover what it is all about, while showing that thinking about nothing means thinking about everything. History, philosophy, religion, art, literature, politics, science - all are touched by nothing. Who could have believed that nothing would turn out to be so interesting, so laden with intrigue, mystery and hidden information
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