Space and Time - Part Two

Yesterday, I touched the surface of a hypothesis I have regarding an equal and opposite existence to that of our own. I am going to continue that vein of discussion.

In physics, we learned that each action has an equal and opposite reaction. The simplest way to imagine this is through the use of a sea-saw. When one side goes down, the other side goes up; an action and reaction. Through this simple principle, one can see that existence is a series of actions and reactions, negatives and positives, yins and yangs. In this way, if we apply this principle to philisophical thought, we can understand the philosophical world in an almost scientific manner of action, reaction.

To begin; if I was to ask what the opposite of existence is, most people would respond non-existence. While at first glance, this seems to meet the criteria of an action with an equal and opposite reaction; however, it really does not.

To explain; in mathmatics, if I was to give you a number: 1. Then I asked you to give me the opposite number. What would you say? 0? Certainly not. 0 is not the opposite of anything. 0 is non-existence quantified. No, the opposite of 1 is -1. An equal and opposite reaction to a positive number is a negative number of the same magnitude.

So, back to our previous question: what is the opposite of existence? If the laws and principles that govern our universe hold true, then the opposite of existence would be a non-tangible existence; an existence of energy. An existence where the tangibility that limits that amount of material in a particular place in spacetime is nullified because it exists outside the physical universe as an equal and opposite counterpart.

In physics there are two important principles that exist: Creation ex nihilo and Demise ad nihil: Creation out of nothing and Demise into nothing; i.e. something cannot be created from nothing and something cannot become nothing. These are two very important principles to remember as we seek to apply them to philosophy.

From a purely physical standpoint, all these principles are implying is that the physical world around us will never not exist, nor will nothing new ever come into existence. However, we come to the final question; the question I will cover tomorrow. If Creation ex nihilo is a principle of the physical universe and something cannot be created from nothing; what, then, is thought?