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The concept of nothing is highly dependant on your point of view of the universe origins. If you go along with Big Bang hypothesis then- The time and the space did not existed. Singularity come to existence in “nothing”. At the moment the Singularity come to existence it had to create space for itself. The Time come to existence at same moment because the Time is just property of the space. According to current wisdom – nothing could escape from this primordial singularity to influence its surroundings (Nothing), except the gravity. Immense gravity may have acted on “Nothing” and created of more space. Eventually the leakage of the energy in converting “Nothing” to the Space has caused the singularity to explode and to create our Universe. The assumption of Big Bang hypothesis that the Space can expand by action of energy release leads to logical conclusion that Space (as all other things that make our universe) can exist in different states. “Nothing” then is just the form of compressed non-dimensional space. When the particle hits boundary between the Universe and “Nothing” it creates bit more of the Space and disappear in the process. Infinity and “Nothing” does not exist in such universes because it is dynamic.
This philosophical concept based on Big Bang is highly unsatisfactory. It shuts the door on any kind of reasoning as why, or how (cause) the original singularity comes to existence. It leaves room for only one conclusion that it was caused by some superior force (God). Being agnostic I accept it as possibility but my reason rebels against such conclusion.
The concept of Universe that existed before creation of our Universe leads to different conclusions that provide more logical outcomes. But I leave it to someone else to expand on this.
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