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For me the hardest idea to grasp is the concept of “nothing”. It seems to me that is something the human brain cannot possibly comprehend. There is always som
by golover721 7y ago
For me the hardest idea to grasp is the concept of “nothing”. It seems to me that is something the human brain cannot possibly comprehend. There is always something as far as our senses are concerned. I guess that’s why the idea of nothingness after we die so such a hard notion to comprehend.
- heroHACK17 7y agoConversely, even the concept of "everything" is hard to grasp. "Everything" in the sense of an infinite universe where everything is realized infinite times over. It's absolutely bonkers to me.
- sova 7y agoYou have no proof that it's simply nothingness when you die. If this universe has countless beginning points, what makes you consider a single ending point would exist anywhere?
- golover721 7y agoAbsolutely, and no proof that there isn’t. It certainly seems that the idea of an afterlife is appealing since in some ways it is easier to comprehend than “nothing”.
- jhayward 7y ago> You have no proof that it's simply nothingness when you die Do you mean to imply that you have proof to the contrary? Why is there any reason to assume anything else?
- sova 7y agoConservation of matter and energy states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed. So what makes some annihilationist version of reality palatable to a true scientist?
- jhayward 7y agoBy this logic, a building can't be created or destroyed. I suppose you argue that consciousness is a fundamental aspect of nature, independent of all other things, rather than some emergent property of matter and energy. If so, it is an extraordinary belief requiring extraordinary evidence.
- JudgeWapner 7y agoI can momentarily stun myself if I concentrate long enough on the idea of "what if there was just nothing? No universe, no cosmos, no light, no time, no matter. Just nothing." Think about that for a minute or two.
- mensetmanusman 7y agoThings would surely be simpler :) also, that is what you will experience after death according to many here...
- andrepd 7y agoI have exactly the same thought, to a tee.
- ganzuul 7y agoIt is stunning that this concept emerges as something physical in the form of an event horizon. 'Dark stars' have been around as a concept a lot longer than black holes.