I'm taking some artistic liberty here, but in the words of Freddy Mercury from Bohemian Rhapsody, "Nothing really matters." What I mean is that we are in the middle of a hot debate in science and philosophy once again, over the concept of "nothing." Those of you who know me, know that once I get my mind tuned in upon something, I cannot turn it off until I have come to a resolution on said subject that I am investigating. This has been the case with several subjects (some of which I am still thinking through), but in the case of "nothingness", I have come to some resolution. This is fortuitous timing as well, especially since the Large Hadron Collider is being fired up today with the hopes of finding miniature black holes. The significance? Basically it will confirm some mathematical theories that the universe is eternal, or has always existed. Before we get into this, I want to break it down into two sections. First, we will look at the evolving picture of the concept that the universe created itself out of nothing, thus moving to the idea of an eternally existing universe (and in what "state" did it exists before the big bang). Second, we will look at how "nothing" is being defined (or redefined?) and see if it stands up to philosophical scrutiny. Update: I just discovered today that upon publishing this blog post, the latter half of it where I expound on the points disappeared. When I have time I will go back and rewrite it all.
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