Russell ~ got to say that you nailed it on the head, with this statement: “Thus it appears that emergence stands in opposition to reductionism, a paradigm of understanding something by studying its constituent parts. To someone wedded to the notion of reductionism, emergence can appear rather mysterious and strange.”
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LizR Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? I hope Russell's theory of nothing is getting due attention. On 5 January 2015 at 08:26, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kim Jones Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 1:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum theory to dialectics? On 3 Jan 2015, at 5:17 pm, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List <[email protected]> wrote: If everything exists, what doesn't exist? Nothing. If nothing existed; would it remain nothing? -Chris Brent You are both missing the main question: what was there before there was nothing? Why, pre-nothing, of course. -Chris K -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
