tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post3516137416342275641..comments2024-02-06T03:23:37.329-08:00Comments on No Jesus, No Peas: Various answers to "Why is there something rather than nothing?"James Sweethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-91520273871739546462022-08-25T10:22:16.783-07:002022-08-25T10:22:16.783-07:00Helllo nice blogHelllo nice blogSump Pump Installation Murrietahttps://www.sumpexperts.com/us/california-sump-pump-repair/sump-pump-installation-murrieta.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-51722763698949344882010-10-08T01:11:06.183-07:002010-10-08T01:11:06.183-07:00I loved that answer!
Wouldn't the answer be e...I loved that answer!<br /><br />Wouldn't the answer be even better without "at this very moment" part? After all, are not "moments" part of our existent universe? <br /><br />How about this version:<br /><br />A non-existent philosopher, in a non-existent universe, asks, for a non-existent moment: "Why is there nothing, instead of something?"?<br /><br />-Mikko KMikko Khttp://nopoles.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/miksi-jotain/#comment-7977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-43918289760660115862010-10-07T13:40:49.539-07:002010-10-07T13:40:49.539-07:00"...a commenter going by the handle AnswersIn..."...a commenter going by the handle AnswersInGenitals..."<br /><br />BEST. NAME. EVER.Captain Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-45407469258770252932010-10-07T07:13:40.012-07:002010-10-07T07:13:40.012-07:00Awesome, thanks. That was it. I have updated the...Awesome, thanks. That was it. I have updated the post accordingly. (You can also see in my comments on the same thread a sort of proto-version of this post)James Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-15992017753340200232010-10-07T00:28:48.241-07:002010-10-07T00:28:48.241-07:00http://tinyurl.com/398kyv9http://tinyurl.com/398kyv9Mikko Khttp://luotiset.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-87104879292301243012010-10-06T08:09:15.601-07:002010-10-06T08:09:15.601-07:00There is something rather than nothing because the...<i>There is something rather than nothing because the state of "nothing" is UNSTABLE!</i><br /><br />Krauss' favored answer, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, that's a pretty good one. This of course is susceptible -- at least syntactically, I'm not sure if this is semantically meaningful -- to the question of why it should even be the case that "nothing" is unstable. For there to be a difference between a stable state of somethingness vs. the unstable state of nothingness, there have to be laws governing what is and is not stable.<br /><br />There is a whole class of answers along the lines of the "'nothing' is unstable" one which are pretty good candidates, but which are vulnerable to the stubborn persistence of those who ask, "But why is <i>that</i> so?" The answers here are an attempt to address that follow-up question -- by basically showing that either a) it's already been answered, and it just seems like it hasn't because our evolved sense of macroscopic causality is confusing us, or b) that the answer is embedded in the question itself, i.e. "nothing".James Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-32315723677402419962010-10-06T06:46:05.798-07:002010-10-06T06:46:05.798-07:00Entropy isn't what it used to be?Entropy isn't what it used to be?jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339024910274301559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-46818940069803765742010-10-05T17:54:19.861-07:002010-10-05T17:54:19.861-07:00Simple! There is something rather than nothing be...Simple! There is something rather than nothing because the state of "nothing" is UNSTABLE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-29247561478786263232010-10-05T12:54:53.164-07:002010-10-05T12:54:53.164-07:00Nice spin on the old "Maybe the whole univers...Nice spin on the old "Maybe the whole universe is just some supreme being's dream" idea... The whole universe is just some whitespace in some supreme software developer's code.James Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-17749229635902195102010-10-05T11:40:42.280-07:002010-10-05T11:40:42.280-07:00html fail. There was a BR tag there. Oh well lam...html fail. There was a BR tag there. Oh well lame attempt at humour anyway.JasonBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077854197372661101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-11621250975471217332010-10-05T11:39:26.416-07:002010-10-05T11:39:26.416-07:00Ah HA! Trick question. There is something rather...Ah HA! Trick question. There is something rather than nothing because of the line breaks in the code. The good ol' "<br>" tag. Take that William Lane Craig!JasonBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077854197372661101noreply@blogger.com