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The Female Fist
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Founded: Dec 31, 2023
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Postby The Female Fist » Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:12 am

Ok, how to see nothing. Well, it is complicated. Black is something, so if you would close your eyes (and see black) you would still see something. So, how do I see nothing, how does nothing look? :blink:

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Lagene
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Founded: Dec 31, 2023
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Lagene » Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:15 am

Well light is also something so if nothing is something than how do you see nothing? Can you?
But then again darkness is the abscence of light so is that nothing? No that is something AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Daphomir
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Authoritarian Democracy

Postby Daphomir » Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:19 am

The concept of 'nothing' is debatable. Many say that darkness, pitch black is nothing, but that is not the case. Pure darkness and pitch black is still something. Even if nothing exists, there still is something. A void of total emptiness, with emptiness itself being something. Therefore, it is impossible for 'nothing' to physically exist; it is but a metaphorical term.
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Tramontanum
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Founded: Apr 05, 2024
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Tramontanum » Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:31 pm

Any form of perception or thought is technically something; so by definition any perceived or imagined absence is also something. Ergo, if the absence of light is darkness and is perceived or imagined, then it is something.

To have true nothingness there must not only be an absence of something (or anything), but also no perception of it either physically or mentally. So yes, it is possible; there can be nothing, but it is not perceivable or imaginable, for the moment it is either it is no longer truly nothing.
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Refuge Isle
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Founded: Dec 14, 2018
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Refuge Isle » Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:23 am

Greetings,

This board is an in-character Roleplay board for discussing your nation and its national information. [More on how to use Factbooks and National Information].

Your thread seems like it's an OOC general discussion thread regarding the abstract concept of nothingness, and so appears to be off-topic for this board's purpose. Your thread seems like it would be better suited to the [General] board, but I cannot transfer it there, as it wouldn't pass muster for a [sufficient OP].

So, regrettably, it will be locked.


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