[extropy-chat] Nothingness and that Infinite Chain of Causesthingy.

[gts]

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:20:32 -0400, Damien Broderick  
<thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> This [Pure Nothingness or The Void] is almost certainly one of those  
> realms where words arenot much use...

Yes, talking about nothingness is something like talking about the sound  
of one hand clapping. Or like talking about the sound of one hand waving.  
Or whatever. It makes no sense! This is why I objected to AB's assertion  
that "nothingness" can in any way "behave".

> so perhaps the salience of this comparison with pure Ur-nothingness is  
> moot. Ho hum.

"Ho hum" is how I also respond, having just finished torturing my feeble  
mind with a slow and thorough reading of Karl Popper's book _Conjectures  
and Refutations_. This book took me almost six months to read. (A good  
sleep aid it was, but I think it also indoctrinated me in an important  
way.)

I'm convinced now more than ever that it makes rational sense to make  
rational sense of things, and that things that make no rational sense  
should be ignored simply because they make no rational sense.

But shoot I already knew that. :)

-gts