On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 9:41 AM Lawrence Crowell < [email protected]> wrote:
> Nothingness is a paradoxical thing. Does nothingness exist? If so, then by > having existential properties it is not pure nothingness. If nothingness > does not exist then there must exist something. In a sense God is the > antithesis of nothingness and in a sense shares the same paradoxical issue. There is a strange and paradoxical sort of identity between *nothing* and *everything*, particularly as it relates to information theory. Insofar as the total set of all possibilities has zero information content. This is the main subject of Russell Standish's book: Theory of Nothing: https://www.hpcoders.com.au/nothing.html Jason > > LC > > On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 11:34:51 PM UTC-6 Jason wrote: > >> I wrote up my thoughts on the question of "Why does anything exist?" >> >> https://alwaysasking.com/why-does-anything-exist/ >> >> I thought members of the list might appreciate some of the references >> included in it. My thinking on this question has of course been greatly >> expanded and influenced through my interactions with many of you over the >> past decade. >> >> I welcome any feedback, thoughts, corrections, or questions regarding >> anything written. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Jason >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/b2812fb2-d496-4630-b534-f49c27569b9cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/b2812fb2-d496-4630-b534-f49c27569b9cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUhUoD33_qUQ4xF276e184xCGuEMifAnY%2B-498ktGSVxHg%40mail.gmail.com.
