Why is there something rather than nothing? (Humans)

by dhw, Thursday, April 07, 2011, 13:57 (4775 days ago) @ xeno6696

Matt says the above question is not valid: "Abstracting the language, it's asking "Why is there [noun] rather than [adjective]?"-I've warned you before about your language! On 21 March at 20.14 I told you 'nothing' was a pronoun not an adjective, and now you've been rightly rapped over the knuckles by Dr David. Let me console you, though, It's possible to use 'nothing' as an adjective, in an expression like: "This is a nothing argument". I'd say that's a pretty appropriate example!