Space and Time - Part Three

I don't think, given an infinite amount of time, the universe could ever, under any circumstance, create a yellow bus. Yes, a yellow school bus, complete with rotating wheels and and a flip out "STOP" sign. Yet, humans have in fact created a yellow school bus. So, where did this thought come from?

We already know that something cannot be created from nothing. So how is it that the yellow school bus came into existence. Where did it come from? Well that's simple, you say; someone thought of it.

My point exactly.

Someone thought of it. Someone, created a thought out of nothing and applied it to the physical world around them. This would then violate our principle of Creation ex nihilo. Well, you scoff; thought is simply the biproduct of our bodies turning food into energy, which in turn allows us to have thought.

True, but what then gives us the ability to create from nothing; an event that violates the principle?

To say that thought and creation are merely biproducts would be wrong; would it not? If that were the case, then anyone, anywhere, could have a developed a yellow bus and yet; it didn't happen. Why not? Because humans draw their thought and their creationistic qualities from their own individual energy.

If it helps, you can think of this as a soul. However, do not think of it religiously. This would defeat the purpose of this entire writing.

If thought and creation can bring forth new ideas and new anything into the physical world, then where did the energy come from for that creation?

Of course it could be true that humans have just evolved to turn energy into new forms and our purpose is realized. However, nihilism has never been a preferred philosophical state of mind because it's just too easy to fit all your problems in. While I can think and while I can postulate, I will always attempt to garner the truth and understanding of whatever kind of existence we may be existing in.