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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Space/Time and Thought #47603 11/14/01 12:24 PM Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 3 Valparaiso, Chile E EN.CL OP stranger OP EN.CL stranger E Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 3 Valparaiso, Chile For an excellent look into "nothingness" and "somethingness", and the discovery of "zero", check out Isaac Asimov's essay Nothing Counts, which appeared in a collection Of Time and Space and Other Things (1965) and in Asimov on Numbers (1977). On the subject of "nothing" a quotation I encountered that comes in handy: A witty saying proves nothing.---Voltaire Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Space/Time and Thought EN.CL 11/11/01 05:00 PM Re: Space/Time and Thought wwh 11/11/01 05:20 PM Re: Space/Time and Thought Capital Kiwi 11/11/01 07:56 PM Why Thanksgiving is the day before Christmas. milum 11/14/01 03:24 AM Re: Space/Time and Thought WhitmanO'Neill 11/14/01 04:21 AM Re: Space/Time and Thought EN.CL 11/14/01 12:24 PM Re: Space/Time and Thought Faldage 11/14/01 03:09 PM Re: Space/Time and Thought wwh 11/14/01 03:40 PM Re: Space/Time and Thought Wordwind 11/15/01 12:53 AM Re: Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Faldage 11/15/01 02:24 PM Re: Wit and Wisdom of Oscar wwh 11/15/01 02:49 PM A witty saying proves nothing AnnaStrophic 11/14/01 08:07 PM Come to think of it. Faldage 11/14/01 08:40 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 854 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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