Readers might be interested in a project group (which includes Hal and myself) which is aimed at a systematic investigation of the fundamental question encompassing this very issue. Anyone with a serious interest and commitment to careful rational thought can join in. Details at http://www.afproject.org.
Alastair Malcolm (Personal emails to a.malcolmATphysica.freeserve.co.uk, replacing the AT) ----- Original Message ----- From: Russell Standish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Why is there something instead of nothing? > The answer I prefer is to say that the Nothing and the Everything are > the same Thing. (or rather that they are complementary aspects of the > same thing). Its a bit mystical I know, but the inspiration comes from > the notion of duality in Category theory - for example in the theory > of Venn diagrams, the universal set and the empty set are closely > related (one can find a transformation whereby any theorem expressed in > terms of universal sets can be transformed into an equivalent theorem > containing empty sets). > > Hal Ruhl tried a theory based on logical contradictions inherent in > nothings and evrything, that he posted on this list, which was kind of > interesting...
