The Smallest Particle Proof That Reality Is A Dream

By well-wisher

Sat, 01 Jul 2017
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What is the smallest particle made of?
The answer must be Nothing because if it is truly the smallest particle then there are no smaller particles that it can be made of.
And if this smallest particle makes up all the larger particles that make up the atoms that all the matter in the world is composed of then at the very smallest level everything in the universe must be made of nothing.
And anything that is made of nothing is nothing; a dream.
Now, you can say, "Well at the very smallest level everythings not made of particles but waves".
But that really doesn't matter. Whatever the smallest component of reality is, if its not made of anything (if the waves are not made from smaller waves or particles) then its made of nothing and is thus immaterial like a dream or illusion.
Infact the only thing that makes physical reality real is if it can be continuously deconstructed to reveal that its building blocks are made out of smaller building blocks that are made out of yet smaller building blocks, etcetera and ad infinitum
If you ever find a final russian doll with no more dolls inside then reality is made of nothing.
Its like finding out that the smallest ever fraction is made from zero which would make all other numbers equal zero.
If reality is made of nothing then it is nothing; it is not real.
And if the opposite is true, and there is no smallest ever component, then the russian doll goes on forever and is thus never completely knowable so whichever is true, paradoxically, we end up knowing nothing.

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Submitted by Lady of Knives on

Very interesting piece you have here Well-Wisher.  I understand what you are saying, but I have a rebute.  A particle is something, so something cannot be both something and nothing at the same time.  So to some extent, there really isn't "nothing" but rather some sort of something.  For instance, someone can be looking for something specific, but they reply with "I see nothing."  They see a lot, whatever is around them, but not the specific thing they are looking for.  Another idea with nothing is feelings.  I do not think that people cannot feel nothing because they are feeling some sort of way but are trying to react what is going on with them.  So if we cannot experience nothing how can the smallest particle of something be nothing?

 

Submitted by well-wisher on

An interesting rebuttal.

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

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