[extropy-chat] Nothingness and that Infinite Chain ofCausesthingy.

Heartland velvethum at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 12 22:54:52 UTC 2006


Hi,

>>  gts writes:
>>  "What does it mean to talk about the "existence" of "nothingness"?"

Jeffrey:
>>  That's a really good question and one that I have a hard time
>> answering. I am not sure that I can give a satisfactory answer, at
>> least for the time being.

Let me contribute this short definition of nothingness to this debate. Nothingness 
is nonexistence of everything.

It doesn't make sense to talk about existence of something that doesn't exist.

Jeffrey:
>> Another example is the
>> common belief that Algorithms (which appear to me to rely to some
>> extent, if not entirely on determinism) are the essence of minds.
>> Although I must admit that my current familiarity with Algorithms is
>> shamefully lacking.

Mind merely behaves according to an algorithm. Its "essence" is not an algorithm 
itself. Its essence (that is, what mind actually is) is a physical expression of 
that algorithm.

H. 



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