Cogito, ergo sum – I think, therefore I am. Dubito, ergo sum – I doubt, therefore I am. Or, in my case, perhaps I should state: I create; therefore, I am.
Is the fact that I think something meaningful, or is it nothing at all? Why am I? Why did this world appear? Where is nothing? The more doubts I see, the more I try to understand something impossible to comprehend. While writing the beginning of this text, I realized I did not know what I wanted to write about. Is the question in the title of this post correct?
What if nothingness is ordinary in our world?
After all, we can find a vacuum both on a cosmological and microscopic scale. Indeed, measurements from WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) and other satellites concluded that the mass content of the Universe is a mere 4,9% ordinary matter. 26,8% is dark matter, and 68,3% is dark energy. Dark matter and dark energy, for humans’ senses, are nothingness. That’s why, perhaps I should the titled post:
Why is there nothing rather than something?
Speaking shortly, according to science, the vacuum fills most of the space. Moreover, when we look closely at atoms, we will find that they consist primarily of empty space. For example, the nucleus, the center of an atom, is about 10,000 times smaller in diameter than the electrons orbit around it. Electrons are so small that no one has determined their size. An atom is composed of a nucleus surrounded by a cloud of electrons. Between them, there is, once again, an empty space. Speaking shortly, nothingness surrounds us, whether on a cosmic or atomic-microscopic scale. I doubt everything I see, hear, smell, feel, and read. Is life just an illusion or an AI simulation? Undoubtedly, we will never find answers to this question. Can I end this text by asking:
If I ask and doubt, does it mean I am?
