Thank you, Allan, for your reply. I am the author of The Proof of Nothing, and have studied the importance of zero and nothing for almost four decades, and I do appreciate your quick response.
The fascinating part is that you are taking zero (or a value of nothing) and apply it to my information (in which zero or nothing plays an important role). You declare the information as having zero value. That’s fine.
I seek the truth, even when I don’t like it, and I am therefore thankful for your reply because it helps me see how complicated it is to communicate about this subject matter. Making the position of nothing visible is hard, because it can create two differing perspectives about the whole, and it looks like you are responding from just one of them.
Do not throw out your current position, but recognize there can be a second position next to it, of the same value, but with a totally different perspective.
Let me recommend the Introduction of my ten-blog series about the Big Picture; the most important conclusion of it all is that the human mind is capable of entertaining two visions, just like the famous Vase and Two Faces (Rubin Vase) in a 2D image. Our brain is a 2D machine until we discover its 3D capability.
We all have preferences, for instance, many of us are right handed. But the other opposite preference can easily be acknowledged by our brain. If need be, we could become left handed. As an example, it took me three weeks to comfortably mouse with my left hand. Years later, I have a hard time mousing with my right hand which used to be so easy. Our brains have similar preferred mechanisms, and I hope you will be able to recognize how your reply was created because of such a preference.
