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Originally Posted by Omni I would really like someone to convince me that nothing can be split, but I think that will never happen. |
By reviving the Hole Argument which was started by Einstein in the 1900's and studied by various philosophers of science to these days, to be nothing or not to be nothing, that is the question. The distinction between substantivalism and relationalism of space-time.
Is the space-time continuum made up of infinite number of points? In both special and general relativity, the point in question is called an event. But events can never be simultaneous unless they are within an inertial frame that is properly at rest. If there is a tiny slight of motion (either uniform or accelerated) simultaneity is not possible. Since everything is in a state of relative motion, absolute rest cannot exist but absolute acceleration is possible. This absolute angular acceleration can only be localized. Globally, it is manifested as all sorts of relative linear accelerations (coriolis force, centrifugal, centripetal, etc). What we really mean by "nothing" is the idea of absolute rest, a state of no beginning and no end.