#nothingness — Public Fediverse posts

#2026 #40 #A24OSDM #Autopsy #BlackSabbath #DissonantDeathMetal #EverlastingSpewRecords #Godslaughter #Gorguts #Jul26 #Nightmarer #Nothingness #OSDM #Sextet

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that Supraliminal, the 2023 album from death metal act Nothingness, is worthy of a 2.5 and no other rating. I know of no faction that holds it in higher esteem, am aware of no lack of consensus surrounding Felagund’s review–Oh wait just a second. I reviewed the tomes and scrolls, and it seems there was a shitstorm surrounding these guys. The comment section went to war on behalf of this Minnesota sextet’s brand of A24 OSDM.1 Steel Druhm juuuuust managed to put down a revolution, but the bonfire roared anew when Kenstrosity named Supraliminal his Record o’the Year. In the years since, a fragile peace has held… until now. Nothingness is back with their hard-charging third album Godslaughter, threatening the status quo and giving us the chance to pick old scabs and answer lingering questions. The most urgent of these: who was right?

Godslaughter is a vile piece of work, even meaner and more antisocial than its predecessor. Nothingness hasn’t abandoned the ambition that led Kenstrosity to describe their style as “caveman death with a university degree.” The band still brings some of the inventive brio of Gorguts or Nightmarer to a ferocious overall vibe that recalls a less theatrical Autopsy. This latest offering manages to double down on aggression while expanding Nothingness’s sonic palette and the range of their songwriting. If you can survive the onslaught of an opening run that includes the platter’s first two singles (“Skull Evulsion,” “Trenchant Glunch”), these grander designs reveal themselves. The album as a whole is an exhilarating run through nine well-sequenced tracks, seasoned with a flair for composition that makes the verdict clear: Godslaughter is a roaring return and a death metal ripper.

Godslaughter unfolds in three acts. The first commences with the sucker punch that is “Incinerated Immediately,” then proceeds through three additional tracks that lay you flat and kick you around for a while. “Vanquishing Providence” slows things to a crawl to “welcome” you to a middle section that’s built around longer and more varied songs. It’s here that you’ll find the slab’s most ambitious compositions, a pair of seven minute epics that go from first to fifth gear with no thought spared for the health of your spine. Nothingness throws in everything they’ve got and a few new tricks to boot, up to and including the bonging Black Sabbath bell that punctuates “Divine Irresponsibility.” A spoken word sample kicks off “Incredible Violence” and ushers you into the third act of the album. Sonic experimentation worms its way into these three selections, which essentially split the difference between parts one and two of the slab.

The album organizes itself into distinct segments, but Godslaughter’s forty-minute entirety remains a cohesive listen. The songs are united by a harsh but thoughtful production. Alex Walstad’s guitars flirt with peaking on tracks like “Incinerated Immediately” and “Umbral Spear,” but it all feels intentional. While there’s no credited producer, returning engineer Adam Tucker knows when to give space and clarity to a riff and when to noisemaxx. Barclay Olson, who is the vocalist for a death metal outfit and not the CFO of a private equity fund, lacks some variety in his attack. His roars do threaten to get repetitive, but the intensity of the music and the concise run time keep things at a rolling boil.

It’s a delicate alchemy, trying to combine familiar influences and elements into something that feels novel. Nothingness has pulled it off for two albums running. With Supraliminal and now Godslaughter, these merchants of digressive death submit a pair of long players to get your neurons firing even as they power wash your central nervous system. Like its predecessor, Godslaughter leaves a rancid mouthfeel behind as it rants its way toward Listurnalia. I’ll probably return to Supraliminal more than I do Godslaughter, so I won’t quibble if you want to ding the new slab by half a point. But all in all, Godslaughter is about as good as their last one.2

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Everlasting Spew Records
Websites: nothingness.bandcamp.com|nothingnessisdeath.com
Releases Worldwide: July 31, 2026

#a24osdm #autopsy #blacksabbath #dissonantdeathmetal #everlastingspewrecords #godslaughter

Angry Metal Guy @[email protected] · 2026-07-27 · 15:37 UTC

#2026 #40 #A24OSDM #Autopsy #BlackSabbath #DissonantDeathMetal #EverlastingSpewRecords #Godslaughter #Gorguts #Jul26 #Nightmarer #Nothingness #OSDM #Sextet

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that Supraliminal, the 2023 album from death metal act Nothingness, is worthy of a 2.5 and no other rating. I know of no faction that holds it in higher esteem, am aware of no lack of consensus surrounding Felagund’s review–Oh wait just a second. I reviewed the tomes and scrolls, and it seems there was a shitstorm surrounding these guys. The comment section went to war on behalf of this Minnesota sextet’s brand of A24 OSDM.1 Steel Druhm juuuuust managed to put down a revolution, but the bonfire roared anew when Kenstrosity named Supraliminal his Record o’the Year. In the years since, a fragile peace has held… until now. Nothingness is back with their hard-charging third album Godslaughter, threatening the status quo and giving us the chance to pick old scabs and answer lingering questions. The most urgent of these: who was right?

Godslaughter is a vile piece of work, even meaner and more antisocial than its predecessor. Nothingness hasn’t abandoned the ambition that led Kenstrosity to describe their style as “caveman death with a university degree.” The band still brings some of the inventive brio of Gorguts or Nightmarer to a ferocious overall vibe that recalls a less theatrical Autopsy. This latest offering manages to double down on aggression while expanding Nothingness’s sonic palette and the range of their songwriting. If you can survive the onslaught of an opening run that includes the platter’s first two singles (“Skull Evulsion,” “Trenchant Glunch”), these grander designs reveal themselves. The album as a whole is an exhilarating run through nine well-sequenced tracks, seasoned with a flair for composition that makes the verdict clear: Godslaughter is a roaring return and a death metal ripper.

Godslaughter unfolds in three acts. The first commences with the sucker punch that is “Incinerated Immediately,” then proceeds through three additional tracks that lay you flat and kick you around for a while. “Vanquishing Providence” slows things to a crawl to “welcome” you to a middle section that’s built around longer and more varied songs. It’s here that you’ll find the slab’s most ambitious compositions, a pair of seven minute epics that go from first to fifth gear with no thought spared for the health of your spine. Nothingness throws in everything they’ve got and a few new tricks to boot, up to and including the bonging Black Sabbath bell that punctuates “Divine Irresponsibility.” A spoken word sample kicks off “Incredible Violence” and ushers you into the third act of the album. Sonic experimentation worms its way into these three selections, which essentially split the difference between parts one and two of the slab.

The album organizes itself into distinct segments, but Godslaughter’s forty-minute entirety remains a cohesive listen. The songs are united by a harsh but thoughtful production. Alex Walstad’s guitars flirt with peaking on tracks like “Incinerated Immediately” and “Umbral Spear,” but it all feels intentional. While there’s no credited producer, returning engineer Adam Tucker knows when to give space and clarity to a riff and when to noisemaxx. Barclay Olson, who is the vocalist for a death metal outfit and not the CFO of a private equity fund, lacks some variety in his attack. His roars do threaten to get repetitive, but the intensity of the music and the concise run time keep things at a rolling boil.

It’s a delicate alchemy, trying to combine familiar influences and elements into something that feels novel. Nothingness has pulled it off for two albums running. With Supraliminal and now Godslaughter, these merchants of digressive death submit a pair of long players to get your neurons firing even as they power wash your central nervous system. Like its predecessor, Godslaughter leaves a rancid mouthfeel behind as it rants its way toward Listurnalia. I’ll probably return to Supraliminal more than I do Godslaughter, so I won’t quibble if you want to ding the new slab by half a point. But all in all, Godslaughter is about as good as their last one.2

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Everlasting Spew Records
Websites: nothingness.bandcamp.com|nothingnessisdeath.com
Releases Worldwide: July 31, 2026

#a24osdm #autopsy #blacksabbath #dissonantdeathmetal #everlastingspewrecords #godslaughter

Angry Metal Guy @[email protected] · 2026-07-27 · 15:37 UTC

#2026 #40 #A24OSDM #Autopsy #BlackSabbath #DissonantDeathMetal #EverlastingSpewRecords #Godslaughter #Gorguts #Jul26 #Nightmarer #Nothingness #OSDM #Sextet

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that Supraliminal, the 2023 album from death metal act Nothingness, is worthy of a 2.5 and no other rating. I know of no faction that holds it in higher esteem, am aware of no lack of consensus surrounding Felagund’s review–Oh wait just a second. I reviewed the tomes and scrolls, and it seems there was a shitstorm surrounding these guys. The comment section went to war on behalf of this Minnesota sextet’s brand of A24 OSDM.1 Steel Druhm juuuuust managed to put down a revolution, but the bonfire roared anew when Kenstrosity named Supraliminal his Record o’the Year. In the years since, a fragile peace has held… until now. Nothingness is back with their hard-charging third album Godslaughter, threatening the status quo and giving us the chance to pick old scabs and answer lingering questions. The most urgent of these: who was right?

Godslaughter is a vile piece of work, even meaner and more antisocial than its predecessor. Nothingness hasn’t abandoned the ambition that led Kenstrosity to describe their style as “caveman death with a university degree.” The band still brings some of the inventive brio of Gorguts or Nightmarer to a ferocious overall vibe that recalls a less theatrical Autopsy. This latest offering manages to double down on aggression while expanding Nothingness’s sonic palette and the range of their songwriting. If you can survive the onslaught of an opening run that includes the platter’s first two singles (“Skull Evulsion,” “Trenchant Glunch”), these grander designs reveal themselves. The album as a whole is an exhilarating run through nine well-sequenced tracks, seasoned with a flair for composition that makes the verdict clear: Godslaughter is a roaring return and a death metal ripper.

Godslaughter unfolds in three acts. The first commences with the sucker punch that is “Incinerated Immediately,” then proceeds through three additional tracks that lay you flat and kick you around for a while. “Vanquishing Providence” slows things to a crawl to “welcome” you to a middle section that’s built around longer and more varied songs. It’s here that you’ll find the slab’s most ambitious compositions, a pair of seven minute epics that go from first to fifth gear with no thought spared for the health of your spine. Nothingness throws in everything they’ve got and a few new tricks to boot, up to and including the bonging Black Sabbath bell that punctuates “Divine Irresponsibility.” A spoken word sample kicks off “Incredible Violence” and ushers you into the third act of the album. Sonic experimentation worms its way into these three selections, which essentially split the difference between parts one and two of the slab.

The album organizes itself into distinct segments, but Godslaughter’s forty-minute entirety remains a cohesive listen. The songs are united by a harsh but thoughtful production. Alex Walstad’s guitars flirt with peaking on tracks like “Incinerated Immediately” and “Umbral Spear,” but it all feels intentional. While there’s no credited producer, returning engineer Adam Tucker knows when to give space and clarity to a riff and when to noisemaxx. Barclay Olson, who is the vocalist for a death metal outfit and not the CFO of a private equity fund, lacks some variety in his attack. His roars do threaten to get repetitive, but the intensity of the music and the concise run time keep things at a rolling boil.

It’s a delicate alchemy, trying to combine familiar influences and elements into something that feels novel. Nothingness has pulled it off for two albums running. With Supraliminal and now Godslaughter, these merchants of digressive death submit a pair of long players to get your neurons firing even as they power wash your central nervous system. Like its predecessor, Godslaughter leaves a rancid mouthfeel behind as it rants its way toward Listurnalia. I’ll probably return to Supraliminal more than I do Godslaughter, so I won’t quibble if you want to ding the new slab by half a point. But all in all, Godslaughter is about as good as their last one.2

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Everlasting Spew Records
Websites: nothingness.bandcamp.com|nothingnessisdeath.com
Releases Worldwide: July 31, 2026

#sextet #osdm #nothingness #nightmarer #jul26 #gorguts

Angry Metal Guy @[email protected] · 2026-07-27 · 15:37 UTC

#2026 #40 #A24OSDM #Autopsy #BlackSabbath #DissonantDeathMetal #EverlastingSpewRecords #Godslaughter #Gorguts #Jul26 #Nightmarer #Nothingness #OSDM #Sextet

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that Supraliminal, the 2023 album from death metal act Nothingness, is worthy of a 2.5 and no other rating. I know of no faction that holds it in higher esteem, am aware of no lack of consensus surrounding Felagund’s review–Oh wait just a second. I reviewed the tomes and scrolls, and it seems there was a shitstorm surrounding these guys. The comment section went to war on behalf of this Minnesota sextet’s brand of A24 OSDM.1 Steel Druhm juuuuust managed to put down a revolution, but the bonfire roared anew when Kenstrosity named Supraliminal his Record o’the Year. In the years since, a fragile peace has held… until now. Nothingness is back with their hard-charging third album Godslaughter, threatening the status quo and giving us the chance to pick old scabs and answer lingering questions. The most urgent of these: who was right?

Godslaughter is a vile piece of work, even meaner and more antisocial than its predecessor. Nothingness hasn’t abandoned the ambition that led Kenstrosity to describe their style as “caveman death with a university degree.” The band still brings some of the inventive brio of Gorguts or Nightmarer to a ferocious overall vibe that recalls a less theatrical Autopsy. This latest offering manages to double down on aggression while expanding Nothingness’s sonic palette and the range of their songwriting. If you can survive the onslaught of an opening run that includes the platter’s first two singles (“Skull Evulsion,” “Trenchant Glunch”), these grander designs reveal themselves. The album as a whole is an exhilarating run through nine well-sequenced tracks, seasoned with a flair for composition that makes the verdict clear: Godslaughter is a roaring return and a death metal ripper.

Godslaughter unfolds in three acts. The first commences with the sucker punch that is “Incinerated Immediately,” then proceeds through three additional tracks that lay you flat and kick you around for a while. “Vanquishing Providence” slows things to a crawl to “welcome” you to a middle section that’s built around longer and more varied songs. It’s here that you’ll find the slab’s most ambitious compositions, a pair of seven minute epics that go from first to fifth gear with no thought spared for the health of your spine. Nothingness throws in everything they’ve got and a few new tricks to boot, up to and including the bonging Black Sabbath bell that punctuates “Divine Irresponsibility.” A spoken word sample kicks off “Incredible Violence” and ushers you into the third act of the album. Sonic experimentation worms its way into these three selections, which essentially split the difference between parts one and two of the slab.

The album organizes itself into distinct segments, but Godslaughter’s forty-minute entirety remains a cohesive listen. The songs are united by a harsh but thoughtful production. Alex Walstad’s guitars flirt with peaking on tracks like “Incinerated Immediately” and “Umbral Spear,” but it all feels intentional. While there’s no credited producer, returning engineer Adam Tucker knows when to give space and clarity to a riff and when to noisemaxx. Barclay Olson, who is the vocalist for a death metal outfit and not the CFO of a private equity fund, lacks some variety in his attack. His roars do threaten to get repetitive, but the intensity of the music and the concise run time keep things at a rolling boil.

It’s a delicate alchemy, trying to combine familiar influences and elements into something that feels novel. Nothingness has pulled it off for two albums running. With Supraliminal and now Godslaughter, these merchants of digressive death submit a pair of long players to get your neurons firing even as they power wash your central nervous system. Like its predecessor, Godslaughter leaves a rancid mouthfeel behind as it rants its way toward Listurnalia. I’ll probably return to Supraliminal more than I do Godslaughter, so I won’t quibble if you want to ding the new slab by half a point. But all in all, Godslaughter is about as good as their last one.2

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Everlasting Spew Records
Websites: nothingness.bandcamp.com|nothingnessisdeath.com
Releases Worldwide: July 31, 2026

#a24osdm #autopsy #blacksabbath #dissonantdeathmetal #everlastingspewrecords #godslaughter

Giacomo Bencistà @[email protected] · 2026-06-27 · 15:07 UTC

⬛️
#comic #nihilism #nothingness #consciousness #existence

#comic #nihilism #nothingness #consciousness #existence

Giacomo Bencistà @[email protected] · 2026-06-27 · 15:07 UTC

⬛️
#comic #nihilism #nothingness #consciousness #existence

#existence #consciousness #nothingness #nihilism #comic

Giacomo Bencistà @[email protected] · 2026-06-27 · 15:07 UTC

⬛️
#comic #nihilism #nothingness #consciousness #existence

#comic #nihilism #nothingness #consciousness #existence

El Pregoner del Metall @[email protected] · 2026-06-22 · 07:11 UTC

NOTHINGNESS (Estats Units) presenta nou single: "Trenchant Glunch" #Nothingness #DeathMetal #Juny2026 #EstatsUnits #NouSingle #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

#metalmusic #musicametal #metal #metall #nousingle #estatsunits

El Pregoner del Metall @[email protected] · 2026-06-22 · 07:11 UTC

NOTHINGNESS (Estats Units) presenta nou single: "Trenchant Glunch" #Nothingness #DeathMetal #Juny2026 #EstatsUnits #NouSingle #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

#nothingness #deathmetal #juny2026 #estatsunits #nousingle #metall

El Pregoner del Metall @[email protected] · 2026-06-02 · 10:50 UTC

NOTHINGNESS (Estats Units) presenta nou single: "Skull Evulsion" #Nothingness #DeathMetal #Juny2026 #EstatsUnits #NouSingle #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

#metalmusic #musicametal #metal #metall #nousingle #estatsunits

El Pregoner del Metall @[email protected] · 2026-06-02 · 10:50 UTC

NOTHINGNESS (Estats Units) presenta nou single: "Skull Evulsion" #Nothingness #DeathMetal #Juny2026 #EstatsUnits #NouSingle #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic

#nothingness #deathmetal #juny2026 #estatsunits #nousingle #metall

N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 16:22 UTC

🤦‍♂️ Ah, the profound wisdom of "Hackerbrief" with its groundbreaking approach to content: nothingness! Apparently, they've mastered the art of summarizing by saying absolutely NOTHING. 🎯 Maybe the real hack is getting people to read a blank page. 📰💨
https://hackerbrief.vercel.app/ #Hackerbrief #Nothingness #ContentMarketing #BlankPage #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

#hackerbrief #nothingness #contentmarketing #blankpage #humor #hackernews

N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 16:22 UTC

🤦‍♂️ Ah, the profound wisdom of "Hackerbrief" with its groundbreaking approach to content: nothingness! Apparently, they've mastered the art of summarizing by saying absolutely NOTHING. 🎯 Maybe the real hack is getting people to read a blank page. 📰💨
https://hackerbrief.vercel.app/ #Hackerbrief #Nothingness #ContentMarketing #BlankPage #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

#hackerbrief #nothingness #contentmarketing #blankpage #humor #hackernews

N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 16:22 UTC

🤦‍♂️ Ah, the profound wisdom of "Hackerbrief" with its groundbreaking approach to content: nothingness! Apparently, they've mastered the art of summarizing by saying absolutely NOTHING. 🎯 Maybe the real hack is getting people to read a blank page. 📰💨
https://hackerbrief.vercel.app/ #Hackerbrief #Nothingness #ContentMarketing #BlankPage #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

#ngated #hackernews #humor #blankpage #contentmarketing #nothingness

N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 16:22 UTC

🤦‍♂️ Ah, the profound wisdom of "Hackerbrief" with its groundbreaking approach to content: nothingness! Apparently, they've mastered the art of summarizing by saying absolutely NOTHING. 🎯 Maybe the real hack is getting people to read a blank page. 📰💨
https://hackerbrief.vercel.app/ #Hackerbrief #Nothingness #ContentMarketing #BlankPage #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

#hackerbrief #nothingness #contentmarketing #blankpage #humor #hackernews

N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] · 2026-03-10 · 08:28 UTC

Ah, the internet: where new levels of #productivity are reached by infinitely measuring how far a thumb can go into #existential #voids. 📱🌀 A "groundbreaking" #experiment in proving, once again, that humans are willing to scroll into #endless #nothingness just because they can. Bravo! 👏
https://futile.ch/en/ #internet #scrolling #HackerNews #ngated

#productivity #existential #voids #experiment #endless #nothingness

N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] · 2026-03-10 · 08:28 UTC

Ah, the internet: where new levels of #productivity are reached by infinitely measuring how far a thumb can go into #existential #voids. 📱🌀 A "groundbreaking" #experiment in proving, once again, that humans are willing to scroll into #endless #nothingness just because they can. Bravo! 👏
https://futile.ch/en/ #internet #scrolling #HackerNews #ngated

#productivity #existential #voids #experiment #endless #nothingness

N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] · 2026-03-10 · 08:28 UTC

Ah, the internet: where new levels of #productivity are reached by infinitely measuring how far a thumb can go into #existential #voids. 📱🌀 A "groundbreaking" #experiment in proving, once again, that humans are willing to scroll into #endless #nothingness just because they can. Bravo! 👏
https://futile.ch/en/ #internet #scrolling #HackerNews #ngated

#ngated #hackernews #scrolling #internet #nothingness #endless

N-gated Hacker News @[email protected] · 2026-03-10 · 08:28 UTC

Ah, the internet: where new levels of #productivity are reached by infinitely measuring how far a thumb can go into #existential #voids. 📱🌀 A "groundbreaking" #experiment in proving, once again, that humans are willing to scroll into #endless #nothingness just because they can. Bravo! 👏
https://futile.ch/en/ #internet #scrolling #HackerNews #ngated

#productivity #existential #voids #experiment #endless #nothingness

Knowledge Zone @[email protected] · 2026-02-24 · 06:37 UTC

How to Evaluate #LLM Summarization : Medium

In #QuantumMechanics, #Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything : Quanta Mag

The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say : Futurism

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

#llm #quantummechanics #nothingness #knowledgelinks

Knowledge Zone @[email protected] · 2026-02-24 · 06:37 UTC

How to Evaluate #LLM Summarization : Medium

In #QuantumMechanics, #Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything : Quanta Mag

The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say : Futurism

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

#llm #quantummechanics #nothingness #knowledgelinks

Knowledge Zone @[email protected] · 2026-02-24 · 06:37 UTC

How to Evaluate #LLM Summarization : Medium

In #QuantumMechanics, #Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything : Quanta Mag

The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say : Futurism

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

#knowledgelinks #nothingness #quantummechanics #llm

Knowledge Zone @[email protected] · 2026-02-24 · 06:37 UTC

How to Evaluate #LLM Summarization : Medium

In #QuantumMechanics, #Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything : Quanta Mag

The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say : Futurism

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-explains-the-impossible-concept-of-nothing-in-less-than-one-minute

#llm #quantummechanics #nothingness #knowledgelinks

Front Page The Best In Us. [Unofficial] @[email protected] · 2026-02-11 · 19:39 UTC

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the impossible concept of 'nothing' in less than one minute

#atmosphere #chucknice #existence #galaxies #lawsofphysics #matter

Front Page The Best In Us. [Unofficial] @[email protected] · 2026-02-11 · 19:39 UTC

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the impossible concept of 'nothing' in less than one minute

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-explains-the-impossible-concept-of-nothing-in-less-than-one-minute

#atmosphere #chucknice #existence #galaxies #lawsofphysics #matter

Front Page The Best In Us. [Unofficial] @[email protected] · 2026-02-11 · 19:39 UTC

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the impossible concept of 'nothing' in less than one minute

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-explains-the-impossible-concept-of-nothing-in-less-than-one-minute

#atmosphere #chucknice #existence #galaxies #lawsofphysics #matter

Geetha @[email protected] · 2026-01-27 · 19:16 UTC

#Northern #star
#Life is #within you
#Embracing
#nothingness
I #feel it your soft #caress
#piercing through the #veil

#Hold me #close
#within your #bosom
#Love to #flout
all about
The #darkness tends to #blossom
when the #light #dies #out

https://geethaprodhom.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/when-the-light-dies-out/

#northern #star #life #within #embracing #nothingness

Wisdom in Space @[email protected] · 2026-01-17 · 19:00 UTC

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
-- Blaise Pascal

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BlaisePascal #Infinity #Nothingness

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

#wisdom #quotes #blaisepascal #infinity #nothingness #photography

Wisdom in Space @[email protected] · 2026-01-17 · 19:00 UTC

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
-- Blaise Pascal

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BlaisePascal #Infinity #Nothingness

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

#wisdom #quotes #blaisepascal #infinity #nothingness #photography

Wisdom in Space @[email protected] · 2026-01-17 · 19:00 UTC

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
-- Blaise Pascal

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BlaisePascal #Infinity #Nothingness

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

#newmexico #panopainting #chacocanyon #panorama #photography #nothingness

Wisdom in Space @[email protected] · 2026-01-17 · 19:00 UTC

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
-- Blaise Pascal

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BlaisePascal #Infinity #Nothingness

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

#wisdom #quotes #blaisepascal #infinity #nothingness #photography

RevDrMatthewFox @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 19:49 UTC

#CarolChrist: "Women need #stories that will tell them their ability to face the #darkness in their lives is an indication of #strength, not #weakness." We all need such strength to face the #nothingness that climate denial & democracide will unleash on us all in the near future. bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Photo by Fadhil Abhimantra on Unsplash

#carolchrist #stories #darkness #strength #weakness #nothingness

RevDrMatthewFox @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 19:49 UTC

#CarolChrist: "Women need #stories that will tell them their ability to face the #darkness in their lives is an indication of #strength, not #weakness." We all need such strength to face the #nothingness that climate denial & democracide will unleash on us all in the near future. bit.ly/3X5SbMD
Photo by Fadhil Abhimantra on Unsplash

#nothingness #weakness #strength #darkness #stories #carolchrist

RevDrMatthewFox @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 19:49 UTC

#CarolChrist: "Women need #stories that will tell them their ability to face the #darkness in their lives is an indication of #strength, not #weakness." We all need such strength to face the #nothingness that climate denial & democracide will unleash on us all in the near future. bit.ly/3X5SbMD
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#carolchrist #stories #darkness #strength #weakness #nothingness

(Roughly) Daily @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 09:00 UTC

“I love to talk about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about.”*…

No matter how hard you try to empty a box, zero-point energy remains (image source)

Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But as George Musser reports, what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation…

Suppose you want to empty a box. Really, truly empty it. You remove all its visible contents, pump out any gases, and — applying some science-fiction technology — evacuate any unseeable material such as dark matter. According to quantum mechanics, what’s left inside?
It sounds like a trick question. And in quantum mechanics, you know to expect a trick answer. Not only is the box still filled with energy, but all your efforts to empty it have barely put a dent in the amount.
This unavoidable residue is known as ground-state energy, or zero-point energy. It comes in two basic forms: The one in the box is associated with fields, such as the electromagnetic field, and the other is associated with discrete objects, such as atoms and molecules. You may dampen a field’s vibrations, but you cannot eliminate every trace of its presence. And atoms and molecules retain energy even if they’re cooled arbitrarily close to absolute zero. In both cases, the underlying physics is the same.
Zero-point energy is characteristic of any material structure or object that is at least partly confined, such as an atom held by electric fields in a molecule. The situation is like that of a ball that has settled at the bottom of a valley. The total energy of the ball consists of its potential energy (related to position) plus its kinetic energy (related to motion). To zero out both components, you would have to give a precise value to both the object’s position and its velocity, something forbidden by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
What the existence of zero-point energy tells you at a deeper level depends ultimately on which interpretation of quantum mechanics you adopt. The only noncontentious thing you can say is that, if you situate a bunch of particles in their lowest energy state and measure their positions or velocities, you will observe a spread of values. Despite being drained of energy, the particles will look as if they’ve been jiggling. In some interpretations of quantum mechanics, they really have been. But in others, the appearance of motion is a misleading holdover from classical physics, and there is no intuitive way to picture what’s happening…

More on the development of our understanding of “zero-point energy” and on the questions that remain: “In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything,” from @georgemusser.com in @quantamagazine.bsky.social.

For the most amusing of musings on nothing, see Percival Everett‘s Dr. No.

* Oscar Wilde

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As we noodle on nought, we might spare a thought for Kurt Gödel; he died on this date in 1978. A mathematician, logician, and author of Gödel’s proof. He is best known for his proof of Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems (in 1931). He proved fundamental that in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system. In particular, the consistency of the axioms cannot be proved… thus ending a hundred years of attempts to establish axioms to put the whole of mathematics on an axiomatic basis. [See here for a consideration of what his finding might mean for moral philosophy…]

#culture #GödelSProof #history #incompletenessTheorems #KurtGödel #logic #Mathematics #nothing #nothingness #Physics #QuantumMechnaics #Science #zeroPointEnergy

#culture #godelsproof #history #incompletenesstheorems #kurtgodel #logic

(Roughly) Daily @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 09:00 UTC

“I love to talk about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about.”*…

No matter how hard you try to empty a box, zero-point energy remains (image source)

Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But as George Musser reports, what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation…

Suppose you want to empty a box. Really, truly empty it. You remove all its visible contents, pump out any gases, and — applying some science-fiction technology — evacuate any unseeable material such as dark matter. According to quantum mechanics, what’s left inside?
It sounds like a trick question. And in quantum mechanics, you know to expect a trick answer. Not only is the box still filled with energy, but all your efforts to empty it have barely put a dent in the amount.
This unavoidable residue is known as ground-state energy, or zero-point energy. It comes in two basic forms: The one in the box is associated with fields, such as the electromagnetic field, and the other is associated with discrete objects, such as atoms and molecules. You may dampen a field’s vibrations, but you cannot eliminate every trace of its presence. And atoms and molecules retain energy even if they’re cooled arbitrarily close to absolute zero. In both cases, the underlying physics is the same.
Zero-point energy is characteristic of any material structure or object that is at least partly confined, such as an atom held by electric fields in a molecule. The situation is like that of a ball that has settled at the bottom of a valley. The total energy of the ball consists of its potential energy (related to position) plus its kinetic energy (related to motion). To zero out both components, you would have to give a precise value to both the object’s position and its velocity, something forbidden by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
What the existence of zero-point energy tells you at a deeper level depends ultimately on which interpretation of quantum mechanics you adopt. The only noncontentious thing you can say is that, if you situate a bunch of particles in their lowest energy state and measure their positions or velocities, you will observe a spread of values. Despite being drained of energy, the particles will look as if they’ve been jiggling. In some interpretations of quantum mechanics, they really have been. But in others, the appearance of motion is a misleading holdover from classical physics, and there is no intuitive way to picture what’s happening…

More on the development of our understanding of “zero-point energy” and on the questions that remain: “In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything,” from @georgemusser.com in @quantamagazine.bsky.social.

For the most amusing of musings on nothing, see Percival Everett‘s Dr. No.

* Oscar Wilde

###

As we noodle on nought, we might spare a thought for Kurt Gödel; he died on this date in 1978. A mathematician, logician, and author of Gödel’s proof. He is best known for his proof of Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems (in 1931). He proved fundamental that in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system. In particular, the consistency of the axioms cannot be proved… thus ending a hundred years of attempts to establish axioms to put the whole of mathematics on an axiomatic basis. [See here for a consideration of what his finding might mean for moral philosophy…]

#culture #GödelSProof #history #incompletenessTheorems #KurtGödel #logic #Mathematics #nothing #nothingness #Physics #QuantumMechnaics #Science #zeroPointEnergy

#culture #godelsproof #history #incompletenesstheorems #kurtgodel #logic

(Roughly) Daily @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 09:00 UTC

“I love to talk about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about.”*…

No matter how hard you try to empty a box, zero-point energy remains (image source)

Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But as George Musser reports, what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation…

Suppose you want to empty a box. Really, truly empty it. You remove all its visible contents, pump out any gases, and — applying some science-fiction technology — evacuate any unseeable material such as dark matter. According to quantum mechanics, what’s left inside?
It sounds like a trick question. And in quantum mechanics, you know to expect a trick answer. Not only is the box still filled with energy, but all your efforts to empty it have barely put a dent in the amount.
This unavoidable residue is known as ground-state energy, or zero-point energy. It comes in two basic forms: The one in the box is associated with fields, such as the electromagnetic field, and the other is associated with discrete objects, such as atoms and molecules. You may dampen a field’s vibrations, but you cannot eliminate every trace of its presence. And atoms and molecules retain energy even if they’re cooled arbitrarily close to absolute zero. In both cases, the underlying physics is the same.
Zero-point energy is characteristic of any material structure or object that is at least partly confined, such as an atom held by electric fields in a molecule. The situation is like that of a ball that has settled at the bottom of a valley. The total energy of the ball consists of its potential energy (related to position) plus its kinetic energy (related to motion). To zero out both components, you would have to give a precise value to both the object’s position and its velocity, something forbidden by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
What the existence of zero-point energy tells you at a deeper level depends ultimately on which interpretation of quantum mechanics you adopt. The only noncontentious thing you can say is that, if you situate a bunch of particles in their lowest energy state and measure their positions or velocities, you will observe a spread of values. Despite being drained of energy, the particles will look as if they’ve been jiggling. In some interpretations of quantum mechanics, they really have been. But in others, the appearance of motion is a misleading holdover from classical physics, and there is no intuitive way to picture what’s happening…

More on the development of our understanding of “zero-point energy” and on the questions that remain: “In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything,” from @georgemusser.com in @quantamagazine.bsky.social.

For the most amusing of musings on nothing, see Percival Everett‘s Dr. No.

* Oscar Wilde

###

As we noodle on nought, we might spare a thought for Kurt Gödel; he died on this date in 1978. A mathematician, logician, and author of Gödel’s proof. He is best known for his proof of Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems (in 1931). He proved fundamental that in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system. In particular, the consistency of the axioms cannot be proved… thus ending a hundred years of attempts to establish axioms to put the whole of mathematics on an axiomatic basis. [See here for a consideration of what his finding might mean for moral philosophy…]

#culture #GödelSProof #history #incompletenessTheorems #KurtGödel #logic #Mathematics #nothing #nothingness #Physics #QuantumMechnaics #Science #zeroPointEnergy

#zeropointenergy #science #quantummechnaics #physics #nothingness #nothing

(Roughly) Daily @[email protected] · 2026-01-14 · 09:00 UTC

“I love to talk about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about.”*…

No matter how hard you try to empty a box, zero-point energy remains (image source)

Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But as George Musser reports, what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation…

Suppose you want to empty a box. Really, truly empty it. You remove all its visible contents, pump out any gases, and — applying some science-fiction technology — evacuate any unseeable material such as dark matter. According to quantum mechanics, what’s left inside?
It sounds like a trick question. And in quantum mechanics, you know to expect a trick answer. Not only is the box still filled with energy, but all your efforts to empty it have barely put a dent in the amount.
This unavoidable residue is known as ground-state energy, or zero-point energy. It comes in two basic forms: The one in the box is associated with fields, such as the electromagnetic field, and the other is associated with discrete objects, such as atoms and molecules. You may dampen a field’s vibrations, but you cannot eliminate every trace of its presence. And atoms and molecules retain energy even if they’re cooled arbitrarily close to absolute zero. In both cases, the underlying physics is the same.
Zero-point energy is characteristic of any material structure or object that is at least partly confined, such as an atom held by electric fields in a molecule. The situation is like that of a ball that has settled at the bottom of a valley. The total energy of the ball consists of its potential energy (related to position) plus its kinetic energy (related to motion). To zero out both components, you would have to give a precise value to both the object’s position and its velocity, something forbidden by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
What the existence of zero-point energy tells you at a deeper level depends ultimately on which interpretation of quantum mechanics you adopt. The only noncontentious thing you can say is that, if you situate a bunch of particles in their lowest energy state and measure their positions or velocities, you will observe a spread of values. Despite being drained of energy, the particles will look as if they’ve been jiggling. In some interpretations of quantum mechanics, they really have been. But in others, the appearance of motion is a misleading holdover from classical physics, and there is no intuitive way to picture what’s happening…

More on the development of our understanding of “zero-point energy” and on the questions that remain: “In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything,” from @georgemusser.com in @quantamagazine.bsky.social.

For the most amusing of musings on nothing, see Percival Everett‘s Dr. No.

* Oscar Wilde

###

As we noodle on nought, we might spare a thought for Kurt Gödel; he died on this date in 1978. A mathematician, logician, and author of Gödel’s proof. He is best known for his proof of Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems (in 1931). He proved fundamental that in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system. In particular, the consistency of the axioms cannot be proved… thus ending a hundred years of attempts to establish axioms to put the whole of mathematics on an axiomatic basis. [See here for a consideration of what his finding might mean for moral philosophy…]