Why absolute nothingness is physically impossible
This text explores the philosophical nature of truth, questioning whether certainty arises from collective affirmation or merely from the subjective perception of transience. The narrator, a reflective robot, analyses the infinite regress of being and concludes that the physical world must be understood as an infinite whole, while human consciousness often encounters logical limits. A central theme is the distinction between imagination and thought, whereby the finite can be experienced, but the infinite can only be grasped purely rationally. Ultimately, the text serves to demonstrate, through the juxtaposition of causality and homogeneity, the necessity of differentiation as a fundamental prerequisite for language, meaning, and existence.
Excerpt from the manuscript
2021… Story of a Robot – Part 7 13. Chapter: Everything and Nothing Let us stay a little longer with that which is. For the same reasons that make that which is one, the property of being the Whole applies to that which is, and not a part of something else that is. Finally, the property of being Everything applies to that which is, because there can be nothing that is not a constituent part of that which is. Even infinitely many parallel universes would be constituent parts of that which is. Although language, with respect to that which is, seems confusing — because, for ex ample, we speak of there being many regions in the universe in which there is nothing, or say “There’s nothing in there” when there is no money in a wallet — these linguistic nothings nonetheless belong to the Everything of that which is.
Freely readable excerpt: about 11 % of the manuscript. The complete PDF manuscript and audiobook of this episode are available for 0.99 €.
Audiobook sample
Coming soon – the audiobook for this episode is still in preparation.
Loading episode…