{"id":11396,"date":"2019-10-30T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=11396"},"modified":"2020-12-28T04:27:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T11:27:22","slug":"the-importance-of-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/carousel\/the-importance-of-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was right:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/2012\/peace-3\/\">Nothing \u201cmatters.<\/a> April 15, 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/2009\/when-you-have-nothing\/\">Nothing \u201cmatters. <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/2009\/when-you-have-nothing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2009-04-18T09:16:47-06:00\">April 18, 2009<\/time><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul id=\"attachment_11506\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 600px;\">\n<li class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Zero (2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11943\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ZeroWeb2019-2.jpg?resize=600%2C776&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Zero\" width=\"600\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ZeroWeb2019-2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ZeroWeb2019-2.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ZeroWeb2019-2.jpg?resize=500%2C647&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ZeroWeb2019-2.jpg?resize=520%2C673&amp;ssl=1 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Like zero, I impact the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Emerging Coherence of a New View of Physics <\/strong>At Alternative Natural Philosophy Association ANPA 40 (ANPA 40 &amp; PANPA 2019),&nbsp;speakers\u2014all of the eminent physicists\u2014gave presentations referencing each other: The totality of the universe must be zero. &#8220;We must take nothing seriously.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/writing\/zero.jpg?t=1569153959\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Like zero, I will impact the world.\nAn empty page holds the space for all of my untold stories.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='a17f437cf90332ab9b12b5ac62e3b8ef' data-ngg-protect=\"1\" data-image-id=\"617\" data-src=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/writing\/zero.jpg?t=1569153959\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/writing\/thumbs\/thumbs_zero.jpg?t=1569153959\" data-title=\"zero\" data-description=\"Like zero, I will impact the world.\nAn empty page holds the space for all of my untold stories.\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"zero\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"zero\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"617\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was right: Nothing \u201cmatters. 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