No such thing as 0

[AndStilliRise]

It has occurred to me that there is no such thing as 0. You can't have 0 of something as that would imply that 0 is more than nothing. However if 0 is nothing then why don't we use this instead? Using a computer or programming would be much easier dealing with two states rather than 3.

Would anyone agree with me? Or have I got this wrong (possible but not probable)?

[AndStilliRise]

Butter Face said:

Eh?

0 is nothing, if you have 0 of something then you have none of it.

That's what I am saying. If you have 0 of something you have something of something. Why not just say you have either a minimal of 1 or nothing.

[AndStilliRise]

All I am saying is that 0 is not nothing. 0 is something. It may be less than 1 but it is more than nothing.

[AndStilliRise]

RTB said:

SantaBarbara said:

The Spruce goose said:

All the energy is the universe is zero. We are something, but all positive energy is cancelled by negative energy.

Can you prove that, please?

The positive energy of an objects mass is effectively cancelled out by the negative energy of it's gravitational field (providing the Universe is flat)


You can think of zero as a place holder and since it is holding a place it could be considered a something rather than a nothing.....

Exactly my point. It is a placeholder for numerical means.

[AndStilliRise]

Databases entries would be easier to manage, if we omitted the 0. i.e. On numerical values we either have a positive value or null.

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cobra kid said:

Vipers said:

My car outside is doing zero mph.

What if it's been pinched?

A car can not be doing zero mph. It would better to say that your car was not moving or had stopped. Therefore not requiring the metric measure (MPH). As you can not have a 0 metric, it is in the same sense of having 0KG.