Sandelin 1Zachary SandelinMs. PetersenEnglish II, Period E11 March 2014What is “Nothing”?What is nothing? A bold question, indeed. How do you define something that doesn't exist? One could look at the optimistic side and give a description like “Oh, nothingness is the absence of matter, a space in the universe waiting for matter to fill it.” Or you could even look at the pessimistic side of the question and provide an answer along the lines of “Geez mom, nothing is what I feel when I listen to my punk-rock boy bands and write in my diary.” This article intends to explore the physical side of nothingness, the philosophical side of nothingness, and the strange side of the "long lost cousin no one talks about anymore" of the nothingness family, namely "Quantum Mechanics". . Resources used to gather information include Scary Jungle and “Please get parental permission before accessing,” known as “the Internet.” But the use of electronic means to gather information was not the only resource used, they also included long lost relics, called "books" according to my English teacher. But in all seriousness, they also included some ancient scrolls, based primarily on the philosophies of Aristotle and Parmendia regarding “nothingness.” Not emotionally though, but legitimately due to the total lack of material in every area. I hope my wise jokes haven't scared you yet, let's get started, shall we? I'll start by talking about the philosophical side of nothingness. When I say “nothing” what does your imagination calculate? Imagine an empty white room? Can you imagine nothing but darkness? …. Go ahead, I'll give you a minute. Well, it seems like we're running out of time, now I want you to get your own idea of ​​what the nothingness... middle of paper... Big Bang ethical branch states that the universe is in a constant cycle of implosion and explode. This borrows mostly from the unproven “Big Crunch” theory, which holds that the universe will eventually retreat and implode on itself, then explode again. It's literally an endless cycle of galactic trauma and violence. Our brains cannot calculate the magnitude of such an event, which is why we silence these uncomfortable feelings of the unknown and sugarcoat these events with stories of Gods and “larger than life” beings. These tales usually follow the simple pattern of a God creating everything from nothing, which is extremely simple, and our brains are comfortable calculating a basic story. The Hindu belief of Vishna the Preserver creating the universe from a lotus flower is a slightly more complex version of this plot.