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eh · 09-03-2002, 01:55 PM

It seems our brains don't handle the concept of negation or NO very well. Oh well, it's nothing to get worried about.

Ernest Sparks · 09-03-2002, 06:26 PM

Much ado about nothing. Indeed!
Of course, that translates to: no ado about anything {real}.

The problem is that scientists talk about 'vacuum' all the time and, what's more, 'vacuum fluctuations'. 'Vacuum' really means absense of matter and radiation as we know them. But this vacuum has multiple states, so they say, and that leads to the suspicion that it isn't really a 'nothing' they are talking about. For one thing, this vacuum is not devoid of fields or other possible forms of matter and energy we don't know how to detect yet.

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09-03-2002, 01:55 PM	#21
eh Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 624	It seems our brains don't handle the concept of negation or NO very well. Oh well, it's nothing to get worried about.

09-03-2002, 06:26 PM	#22
Ernest Sparks Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 1,248	Much ado about nothing. Indeed! Of course, that translates to: no ado about anything {real}. The problem is that scientists talk about 'vacuum' all the time and, what's more, 'vacuum fluctuations'. 'Vacuum' really means absense of matter and radiation as we know them. But this vacuum has multiple states, so they say, and that leads to the suspicion that it isn't really a 'nothing' they are talking about. For one thing, this vacuum is not devoid of fields or other possible forms of matter and energy we don't know how to detect yet. [ September 03, 2002: Message edited by: Ernest Sparks ]</p>

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