Home Menu

Site Navigation


Notices

General Chat General discussion. Want to chat about anything not covered in another forum - This is the place!

 
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 16-09-2008, 08:48 PM #3
78B319GH74 78B319GH74 is offline
Banned
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 29
78B319GH74 78B319GH74 is offline
Banned
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 29
Default

Records show that the ancient Greeks seemed unsure about the status of zero as a number... They asked themselves, "How can nothing be something?", leading to philosophical and, by the Medieval period, religious arguments about the nature and existence of zero... and the vacuum.

history of zero

From what I understand, zero is only a placeholder... "Zero" itself is only a representation for the absence of something, which of course cannot be otherwise spoken of. What "zero" does for numbers, "nothing" does for language...
But even as the concept of nothing seems simple enough.. actually seeing or encountering "nothing" is a very very difficult task.

Some may say that it's not difficult at all.... It's impossible. I suppose if you are talking about meditation then one goal is to experience and absence of thought, which some would call "nothing," but overall this whole thing is stupid... I mean does "nothing" really need anything more than to be left alone?
78B319GH74 is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
 

Bookmark/share this topic


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 01:48 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2025 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
 

About Us ThisisBigBrother.com

"Big Brother and UK Television Forum. Est. 2001"

 

© 2023
no new posts