N is for Nothing – A to Z Challenge April 2015

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No, I was not going to use the word nothing to write nothing in this post. I am actually interested in what nothing means, how the concept of nothing works.

  1. Does nothing exist?
  2. Or can nothing exist?
  3. How can we define nothing?
  4. Do we actually know what nothing is?

If I would have written nothing for this post, wellyou would all say: “her post contains nothing”. fair enough.

If someone tells you that they are good at nothing, then there is a problem. Because they must be good at something, it might just be a skill that no one sees as such.

When you open a box and say: “there is nothing there”. Are you so sure of what you are saying? There must be something, such as dust particles, colours, bacteria, air, I don’t know something is always there.

Or when we say: “I am thinking about nothing.” Then it does not work out, because you are thinking about nothing, thus about something (even if this something is the absence of things), right?

I have to try to answer my questions:

  1. At least the word nothing exists.
  2. I have the feeling that true nothing cannot exist.
  3. As the absence of everything, and anything.
  4. Probably not.

Written by Solveig Werner

15 responses to “N is for Nothing – A to Z Challenge April 2015”

  1. Donna Avatar

    Hahahaha. Great post. It makes one wonder……..

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    1. Solveig Avatar

      Thank you. Well I do wonder all the time, and do think that I am not alone.

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    2. Solveig Avatar

      So, what is your take on nothing?
      Do you use nothing a lot?

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      1. Solveig Avatar

        I did not realise that I replied twice, well that is what happens when I use my phone…

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  2. joannesisco Avatar

    I have nothing to say about nothing 😉

    … actually I have lots of nothing to say, but I’m going to resist 🙂

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    1. Solveig Avatar

      Why resist?

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  3. lrod1726 Avatar

    Pretty cool post. Nothing sure makes you wonder how nothing is even a word.

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    1. Solveig Avatar

      Thank you. Do you often use nothing ?

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      1. lrod1726 Avatar

        Yes I do. For example, if someone asks me “What are you doing?” I say, “Nothing.” It’s funny thinking about it now because it doesn’t make any sense lol

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        1. Solveig Avatar

          That’s what led me to think about it in the first place I guess. We do use the term “nothing” a lot. Maybe it is just so easy to use.

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  4. legreene515 Avatar

    This post is driving me crazy! Because no matter what there is no way to determine whether nothing exist. Love it. Well done!

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    1. Solveig Avatar

      See, that is how this word torments me.
      Thank you, I am glad that I got you wondering.

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  5. evelyneholingue Avatar

    Idem in French! Quand on dit “Je n’ai rien à me mettre” on a encore quelques vêtements. Bon billet!

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    1. Solveig Avatar

      Merci. In German too, but there it is nichts

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    […] English “subtitles”) | L is for Leaving – a short story (read this before R) | M is for Mistakes | N is for Nothing | O is for Oma | P is for Penguin – a short story | Q is for Questions | […]

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