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Even Einstein could not be more mistaken.
It seems so logical to view zero as a total nothing by itself. We all learned that in school, right?
Yet zero holds the key to understanding the biggest picture of them all. In top, we do not find 1. Rather, we find 1 in the highest position right underneath zero. Then, many forget about zero as the largest of them all.
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Are you ready to investigate this a little more?
1 + 2 + 3 = 6
But… 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 6, just as well.
One apple and two oranges and three bananas are six pieces of fruit. Nothing to it.
Yet when 1 represents grandpa, 2 represents mom and dad, and 3 represents the three children, then the zero represent a person who has died. All of a sudden, the zero that is truly zero becomes meaningful and affects all six people.
Recognize that ‘pieces of fruit’ is an abstraction. The term does not delve into the details of the apple, oranges, or bananas.
Meanwhile, 1, 2, and 3 represent real people, alive, while 0 represents a real person too, though no longer alive.
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There are other ways to view the additional nature of zero.
