Comments on: The Void: Can Nothing Really Exist? http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/void_vid/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tony http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/void_vid/comment-page-1/#comment-153297 tony Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:38:50 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/void_vid/#comment-153297 Very interesting. I have been wondering the same thing, which is how I stumbled upon your video. So if nothing cannot exist do you believe the universe has always existed and was never actually "created"? Very interesting. I have been wondering the same thing, which is how I stumbled upon your video. So if nothing cannot exist do you believe the universe has always existed and was never actually “created”?

]]> By: Stephen Clark http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/void_vid/comment-page-1/#comment-149096 Stephen Clark Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:20:21 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/void_vid/#comment-149096 I always find it supprising when people confuse a vacuum, that is empty space, with nothing, the latter is devoid of space and time whereas the fomer includes space and time. When I consider the question does nothing exist,I am trying to envisage a pre big bang senerio, or a position of no universe ie outside our universe. Even the best vacuum, surely can not be described as nothing when it is made of spacetime. These seem to be two very different concepts and yet I feel they are often confused,or maybe it is me who is confused. By the way I am not a scietist, or could you tell I always find it supprising when people confuse a vacuum, that is empty space, with nothing, the latter is devoid of space and time whereas the fomer includes space and time.
When I consider the question does nothing exist,I am trying to envisage a pre big bang senerio, or a position of no universe ie outside our universe.
Even the best vacuum, surely can not be described as nothing when it is made of spacetime.
These seem to be two very different concepts and yet I feel they are often confused,or maybe it is me who is confused. By the way I am not a scietist, or could you tell

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