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[โ€“] PaintedSnail@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

But can you measure something that doesn't exist? Can the absence of something be something in and of itself? Is it the hole you are measuring, or the object around the hole?

No but a void exists as defined by the matter around it

Yes we just did this

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Philosophy is easy