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28 Dec 2008, 4:53 pm

And if so, wouldn't that being doing something?



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28 Dec 2008, 6:52 pm

to do nothing could be to be without acting. nothing != something. something is a thing that is. nothing is not. if to do nothing is to be without acting, rather than without metabolizing, respirating, cogitating, and such. then you can do nothing. otherwise, no.

but nothing definitely != something. something, singular, is a set of one, while nothing is a null set.


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28 Dec 2008, 6:55 pm

P = NP ?


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29 Dec 2008, 9:04 am

I feel that yes, it is possible to do nothing.


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29 Dec 2008, 9:26 am

No. You are always doing something, even if you are dead. Then you're decomposing.