I would harbor a guess that no, it is not possible. Because once we had it, we'd have to call it nothing (or nothingness), which would give it a name. Once it had a name, it would have something and no longer be nothing. Also, even if we simply didn't label it, then it would still exist in a form of nonexistence, which is impossible.

that hurt my head!

This is why Ancient Greece outlawed the use of the number zero. Well, that, and the fact that to embrace the concept of nothing would mean having to adversely accept the concept of infinity, which they refused to do, hinging on to the concept of a purely finite universe. This, of course, ultimately led to Zeno's Paradox, which asks how an arrow shot at a tree can ever reach the tree if it must first travel half the distance between it and the tree, then half the remaining distance, and so on and so forth. The Hindu culture, which readily embraced infinity at the time, had no qualms with using the number (and concept) of zero, which was brought to them by Alexander the Great--bringing it from a nation that refused to use it. Of course, this led to the answer to Zeno's Paradox, by realizing that as long as an infinite series of numbers approaches zero (i.e. the tree) it is possible to cancel out the infinite series and be left only with the absolute numbers

Whoops...did I hear someone's head just explode?

I think nothingness is very possible. If there is a point where there is no matter, and no energy, than what is there? Nothing. It's not as abstract as you may thing, it's just the complete absence of anything. As for what it would look like, it would be invisible. For example, if there was a room, and in an area in the center was somehow completely devoid of all matter and energy, if you looked at it, you would see the other side. If there was a whole realm of nothingness, you wouldn't be able to see anything. It would be total blackness. Black is not a really color, remember, black is the absence of color, just as white is all colors in one. That's why space is black, because there's nothing there, or at least nothing we can see, just minuscule bits of matter and energy.

This whole thread has made my brain melt. I remember that this kid in one of my classes tried to teach me this stuff, and it ultimately just confused the crap out of me.

Wow. I didn't know I would get such mind-exploding results. Sweeeeet.

I love the feeling of my brain exploding in the morning. No, seriously. I love thinking about this kind of crazy stuff.

Like, "Wha was there before the universe began?" All these nutty "pre-Bang" scenarios really get my neurons going crazy. I love it! This is my adrenaline rush.

...Which is kind of pathetic in its own way.

Also, PianoManGidley, that was extremely informative AND interesting.

Mod parent up.

This is why Ancient Greece outlawed the use of the number zero. Well, that, and the fact that to embrace the concept of nothing would mean having to adversely accept the concept of infinity, which they refused to do, hinging on to the concept of a purely finite universe. This, of course, ultimately led to Zeno's Paradox, which asks how an arrow shot at a tree can ever reach the tree if it must first travel half the distance between it and the tree, then half the remaining distance, and so on and so forth. The Hindu culture, which readily embraced infinity at the time, had no qualms with using the number (and concept) of zero, which was brought to them by Alexander the Great--bringing it from a nation that refused to use it. Of course, this led to the answer to Zeno's Paradox, by realizing that as long as an infinite series of numbers approaches zero (i.e. the tree) it is possible to cancel out the infinite series and be left only with the absolute numbers--a solution which embraces both infinity and zero (nothingness).

Whoops...did I hear someone's head just explode?

What about the space between atoms? The space between energy? The outside of the universe? Joe is not in a philisophical mood today, so Joe will not write three paragraphs.

What about the space between atoms?

Yeah, I think nothing-ness is possible.

Because without 'nothing', how can you have 'something'?