A debate between friends.

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A debate between friends. Anonymous Sun Feb 3 06:37:02 2013 No.5496728 [Reply] [Original]

Dear /sci/onic masters,

Recently, I had a heated debate with a friend over the nature of nothingness. I argued that if we were reduced to only eyes and a brain that somehow functioned without the rest of the body, floating through space, no light, we would only perceive empty darkness. He argued that you cannot describe nothing. I understood his point, but he was asking me what I would see. Then he used an example. A jar with nothing inside, a complete vacuum absent of even light that light could not penetrate through. Again, he asked me what I would see. I said darkness. Flabbergasted, he kept re-iterating that you could not describe nothingness. He went on to ask me what did it look like before I could remember things. I told him it was pointless to speculate because we didn't have full memories or the ability to form said memories. He asked me "What is that then?" Again, I said it was pointless to speculate, and accused him of trying to be esoteric. He said I was in a box. Like I said, I understood his view, but was trying to be objective in mine. It went on and on, and then it got to space. I told him that space is nothing. He disagreed, calling it a place (as in 'outer space.') I chided him and said "Space is what we as a people use to describe emptiness" and then told him that he broke his own rule of trying to describe nothing by denoting nothing as a place. Again, he disagreed (heated at this point) and said "I can go to outer space, therefore it is a place." Again, I retorted "You're trying to describe nothing as a place. Everyday you travel through space. In fact, you're in space right now." He disagreed, saying that this wasn't 'outer space.'

Thoughts?

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