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EXISTENCE<\/p>\n

by Thomas Foster<\/p>\n

Existence (ontological zero) ‘beats’ non-existence (abstract zero), hands down. There is no sufficient reason to prevent ontological zero (infinity, everything, the universe) from existing.
\nNon-existence, by definition, CANNOT exist. It has no properties, no ontology. Only ‘existence’ exists. Non-existence does not exist. This makes no sense. It would violate the PSR. It has no means to exist.
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\n“Existence can be modelled mathematically as infinite zeros of infinite content.
\nNon-existence can be modelled mathematically as infinite zeros of zero content.
\nWhat do we mean by non-existence? We mean a universe with no content, no features, no capabilities, no possibilities \u2013 where nothing can ever happen. This, of course, is not a universe at all \u2013 it\u2019s absolute nothingness. Absolute nothingness is infinite contentless zeros.
\nExistence is absolute somethingness \u2013 infinite zeros but of infinite rather than content.
\nIf we bring the respective sets of zeros together (i.e. those with infinite content and those with no content), the ones without content have no effect, so they cede the stage to the zeros with infinite content. Existence and non-existence are thus locked together, but the latter has no observable or conceivable effect, hence existence is left to itself to provide all possible causes and effects.
\nThis is the reason why there is something rather than nothing. This is why we exist. There is no sufficient reason for non-existence to defeat existence but there is a sufficient reason for existence to defeat non-existence.” (Mike Hockney, Hyperreality)
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\n“Since it\u2019s absurd to assert that there was neither non-existence nor existence (one or other must be true), perhaps we are to understand this as a claim that there was no clear distinction between the two: they were so intermixed that they could not be defined separately. Yet, logically, this cannot be the case. Existence and non-existence can never mix. They can never be together. One permanently excludes the other, unless we take the view that non-existence is that which has no possible effect on existence, has no consequences of any kind, is entirely empty, contentless and redundant; in which case an infinite \u201camount\u201d of non-existence could be forever \u201cpresent\u201d with an infinite amount of existence. But since it would have no impact whatever, why say it was \u201cthere\u201d at all? We could simply conclude that existence was on its own.
\nEither non-existence has no consequences with regard to existence (in which case it\u2019s a superfluous hypothesis and can be dismissed) or it excludes the possibility of existence, in which case we wouldn\u2019t be here. Since we are, non-existence can be safely dismissed. Whatever way you look at it, non-existence is refuted.
\nWhen we use words such as \u201cnothing\u201d, \u201cspace\u201d, \u201cvoid\u201d and \u201cvacuum\u201d, we certainly can\u2019t mean \u201cnon-existence\u201d since this is an impossible or 100% ineffectual concept.” (Mike Hockney, Hyperreality)
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\n“Abstract zero, the zero of non-existence, has no properties, qualities or consequences.
\nOntological zero, the zero of existence, has infinite energy.
\nWe can think of the two types of 0 coexisting, in a manner of speaking, but abstract zero (non-existence) adds nothing to ontological zero (existence), hence has no observable consequences.
\nScience treats zero as non-existence. Ontological mathematics treats it as pure existence, containing infinity. To be infinite means to contain all numbers (all frequencies of energy).
\nZero is the origin. From the zero of non-existence, nothing comes. From the zero of existence, everything comes.” (Mike Hockney, Hyperreality)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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EXISTENCE by Thomas Foster Existence (ontological zero) ‘beats’ non-existence (abstract zero), hands down. There is no sufficient reason to prevent ontological zero (infinity, everything, the universe) from existing. Non-existence, by definition, CANNOT exist. It has no properties, no ontology. Only ‘existence’ exists. Non-existence does not exist. This makes no sense. It would violate the PSR. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[3178,3087,3179],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6054"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6055,"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6054\/revisions\/6055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bassdu.mine.bz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}