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As I have stated, this isn't a real statement/question, because both True and False are adjectives, and useless without a noun. HOWEVER, I DO have a way to make this into a real question, while still retaining the "mysticalness" of it... the following:
Is this statement true or false?
Since it has a noun ("statement"), this is in fact a valid question now. So, what would be the answer to that?
BTW, on the subject of nothing: Nothing is nothing, not something. space- you are using the word "nothing" in an incorrect context. You are using the word "nothing" to describe space/a vacuum, which is incorrect. Nothing is not space. Space does in fact have gamma rays and such, but "nothing" doesn't, because nothing is a concept, not a reality.
Here is a link on the subject of nothing. For those of you who are too lazy to click on it, here is the passage:
Nothing, or non-existence, is that which doesn't exist. It is not a metaphysical entity. It doesn't exist. It has no identity. It is not an object.
Non-existence is a concept that is meaningless by itself. It isn't something. It is a relational concept, gaining meaning only in comparison to another concept. Non-existence gains meaning only in comparison to existence. It is the denial of existence. The concept "nothing" is a denial of the existence of a particular entity. Both "non-existence" and "nothing" are denials of concepts, which must be accepted and understood in order to give meaning to "non-existence" or "nothing".
The important point is that "nothing" is just that: nothing. It doesn't exist. It has no identity. It's not a vacuum. It's not dark. It's not cold. It has no characteristics. As a tool of cognition, it can be useful, but doesn't exist.
Is this statement true or false?
Since it has a noun ("statement"), this is in fact a valid question now. So, what would be the answer to that?
BTW, on the subject of nothing: Nothing is nothing, not something. space- you are using the word "nothing" in an incorrect context. You are using the word "nothing" to describe space/a vacuum, which is incorrect. Nothing is not space. Space does in fact have gamma rays and such, but "nothing" doesn't, because nothing is a concept, not a reality.
Here is a link on the subject of nothing. For those of you who are too lazy to click on it, here is the passage:
Nothing, or non-existence, is that which doesn't exist. It is not a metaphysical entity. It doesn't exist. It has no identity. It is not an object.
Non-existence is a concept that is meaningless by itself. It isn't something. It is a relational concept, gaining meaning only in comparison to another concept. Non-existence gains meaning only in comparison to existence. It is the denial of existence. The concept "nothing" is a denial of the existence of a particular entity. Both "non-existence" and "nothing" are denials of concepts, which must be accepted and understood in order to give meaning to "non-existence" or "nothing".
The important point is that "nothing" is just that: nothing. It doesn't exist. It has no identity. It's not a vacuum. It's not dark. It's not cold. It has no characteristics. As a tool of cognition, it can be useful, but doesn't exist.
