Reality is Pure Absence

[Eodnhoj7]

If an absence of an absence is a thing and the absence of a thing is an absence is reality purely absence considering all things are an absence of absence?

[Age]

What even is so-called 'pure absence'?

And, 'Reality' IS 'Reality', and NOT so-called 'pure absence'.

[LuckyR]

A pretty good example of the fact that reality isn't made up of words.

[godelian]

If an absence of an absence is a thing and the absence of a thing is an absence is reality purely absence considering all things are an absence of absence?

absenceOf(x) is a predicate while "absence" (value 0) and "thing" (value 1) are values in the domain, which is a finite Galois field of order 2.

The absenceOf predicate can be implemented with the x+1 expression:

absenceOf(x) = (x+1) mod 2

Example calculations:

absenceOf(absence) = absenceOf(0) = (0+1) mod 2= 1 = thing

absenceOf(thing) = absenceOf(1) = (1+1) mod 2= 0 = absence

So, in general, the relationship between "absence", i.e. "nothing", and "thing", i.e. "something", can be modeled by arithmetic in a Galois field of order two.

This functions in an abstract, Platonic reality that may or may not be structurally similar to some aspects of physical reality.

Arithmetic in the Galois field of order two is also the canonical environment for Aristotelian/Boolean two-valued logic. It is a special field, if only, because it is the smallest possible field.

[Eodnhoj7]

If an absence of an absence is a thing and the absence of a thing is an absence is reality purely absence considering all things are an absence of absence?

absenceOf(x) is a predicate while "absence" (value 0) and "thing" (value 1) are values in the domain, which is a finite Galois field of order 2.

The absenceOf predicate can be implemented with the x+1 expression:

absenceOf(x) = (x+1) mod 2

Example calculations:

absenceOf(absence) = absenceOf(0) = (0+1) mod 2= 1 = thing

absenceOf(thing) = absenceOf(1) = (1+1) mod 2= 0 = absence

So, in general, the relationship between "absence", i.e. "nothing", and "thing", i.e. "something", can be modeled by arithmetic in a Galois field of order two.

This functions in an abstract, Platonic reality that may or may not be structurally similar to some aspects of physical reality.

Arithmetic in the Galois field of order two is also the canonical environment for Aristotelian/Boolean two-valued logic. It is a special field, if only, because it is the smallest possible field.

Cool.

[Impenitent]

absence has nothing on nonsense

-Imp

[Younfelf]

If we consider that the absence of an absence is a thing (which implies presence) and the absence of a thing is indeed an absence, then reality can be seen as a complex interplay between presence and absence. Reality, in this sense, is not purely absence but rather a dynamic balance between what is present and what is absent.

In essence, reality is a tapestry woven from both what exists and what does not. Each component, presence or absence, contributes to the overall structure and understanding of reality.

[Eodnhoj7]

absence has nothing on nonsense

-Imp

Sense is the absence of nonsense.

[Impenitent]

nonsense persists

sense is illusion

-Imp

[popeye1945]

It should be acknowledged which reality you are speaking of, apparent reality or what is called ultimate reality. Apparent reality is a biological readout of the surrounding energies, ultimate reality is a place of no things or unmanifested energy. Pure absence makes no sense whatsoever.

[Impenitent]

apparent reality is a child

-Imp

[popeye1945]

apparent reality is a child

-Imp

Depends upon what color it is!

[Impenitent]

the parent or the child?

-Imp

[Daniel67]

If an absence of an absence is a thing and the absence of a thing is an absence is reality purely absence considering all things are an absence of absence?

Haha dude, that’s some next-level brain twist! So basically, if everything is just the absence of absence, then yeah, reality is just not nothing — which makes it... something? So technically we’re all just chilling in a big pile of “not absence” and calling it reality. Kinda wild when you think about it like that.

[Eodnhoj7]

If an absence of an absence is a thing and the absence of a thing is an absence is reality purely absence considering all things are an absence of absence?

Haha dude, that’s some next-level brain twist! So basically, if everything is just the absence of absence, then yeah, reality is just not nothing — which makes it... something? So technically we’re all just chilling in a big pile of “not absence” and calling it reality. Kinda wild when you think about it like that.

It's a paradox. The absence of absence is a thing yet all it is is an absence. Welcome to the rabbit hole...