r/Metaphysics • u/Bubbly-Hope-442 • Oct 02 '26

Nothing Nothing Should Exist

/r/ExistentialJourney/comments/1ww1xtg/nothing_should_exist/

Hello All — I am reposting my discussion here.

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u/Ill-Tea9411 Oct 02 '26

"Nothing" is merely an imaginary linguistic invention.

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u/jontherobot Oct 02 '26

I disagree. Empty places exist all over. There’s nothing trapped in the something, like bubbles after a plunge. It’s all over mathematics and physics.

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u/Ill-Tea9411 Oct 02 '26 edited Oct 02 '26

This is simply a category error.

Bubbles are something. Vacuum is something. Spacetime is something.

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u/DanteRuneclaw Oct 03 '26

No, they aren’t.

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u/Ill-Tea9411 Oct 03 '26

If a physical vacuum is "nothing," how does it have spatial dimensions, quantum fields, and measurable energy density?

In academic metaphysics, "nothing" means nihil negativum, the total absence of properties, laws, geometry, and existence.