Originally posted by drumset04That's correct but a stupid way to look at it - basically saying that physically darkness is not a thing but you are classing it as one because it is a noun such as humility or stupidity, they have no physical presence. This is a physics problem not an english question
true, darkness is just the lack of light, however in an abstract way darkness is a thing, just like every thing else known to man
so what exist within darkness? if you are saying darkness is not made up of nothing then it must be made up of something... therefore, if something exist within darkness it must have speed; otherwise how could that something move? if a room is lit, and the bulb is switched off, what is the speed at which darkness will hit the lightbulb? surely it must be the same as light as nothing exist outside of these two states
also, a few people have stated darkness is the absence of light, thats not strictly true, as the purest original state is darkness, before there was anything there was darkness, even before the earliest stars were born, therefore, just to clarify, light is the absence of darkness, not the other way round
Originally posted by rooktakesqueenActually you are wrong, just because light did not exist does not mean that it could not be absent, it means it had to be absent. As was mentioned earlier darkness is a state and light is a physical thing so whether it was there first or not, darkness is the absence of light.
also, a few people have stated darkness is the absence of light, thats not strictly true, as the purest original state is darkness, before there was anything there was darkness, even before the earliest stars were born, therefore, just to clarify, light is the absence of darkness, not the other way round
NOTE: It is not technically wrong to say light is the absence of darkness but this statement must be derived from the defenition 'darkness is the absence of light'.
so what is within darkness? and if there is something within it surely it must have speed and that something then moves. could someone please answer my previous question, if a lightbulb is switched off, what is the speed at which darkness hits the bulb? surely it must be the same speed as light as nothing exist within these two states
Originally posted by rooktakesqueenyou are talking rubbish, darkness is a state, not a thing, anything can be in darkness except light (photons) and can travel at any speed in the darkness but as i said before darkness, by defenition, must propergate at the speed of light.
so what is within darkness? and if there is something within it surely it must have speed and that something then moves. could someone please answer my previous question, if a lightbulb is switched off, what is the speed at which darkness hits the bulb? surely it must be the same speed as light as nothing exist within these two states
Originally posted by rooktakesqueenThis can still be true, although technically before there was anything nothing could be observed.
you have stated there's no such thing as darkness, but before there was anything there was darkness; darkness existed before there was light