Is light an abstance of darkness or is darkness an abstance of light?

**kyle700** · 06-16-09, 01:02 AM

Or otherly phrased, does the night invade the day or does the day invade the night?

It's one of those questions that makes you think like "Fuck." I would say from a limited knowledge, that since the natural form of the universe is a vacum, that would mean no light. So then light from stars would "invade the darkness"

Thoughts?

**TehSpaz** · 06-16-09, 01:18 AM

Light is what travels, and carries energy, so I say it invades darkness....

and, uh, lay off your removed

**kyle700** · 06-16-09, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by TehSpaz

Light is what travels, and carries energy, so I say it invades darkness....

and, uh, lay off your removed

Hey!
I'm 13, I'm just spazzy. :P

**LuckyDucky** · 06-16-09, 01:47 AM

Darkness is the absence of light...how is this even a question?

Which came first: the chicken or the egg? < now that's a real question.

**kyle700** · 06-16-09, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by LuckyDucky

Darkness is the absence of light...how is this even a question?

Which came first: the chicken or the egg? < now that's a real question.

Because....

**SapiensErus** · 06-16-09, 02:14 AM

Light = something (energy, quanta, wave-particle duality, blah blah blah)
Darkness = not light

Thus light "invades" dark to use those terms.

**MeBad** · 06-16-09, 02:59 AM

Ask yourself this question. Your in a car going the speed of light, and you turn the head lights on. What happens? (Steven Wright)
When you turn a flashlight on are you really turning darkness off?
Or when you turn a flashlight off are you really turning darkness on?
We perceive what we see, and can't see without light, or even exist, so maybe darkness is just another form of light. Then everything could be viewed as light with a very large spectrum of ranges. We would not know if it wasn't, cause we could not exist without light in the first place......
What if darkness really does have properties? We will never know cause we can't see to verify it. Even in an enclosed box with external intrumentation, there is no way to see what is actually going on inside without light, so can anything truly be verified? This is where science and philosophy tangle. Or how about this for thought. We sleep at night, with our eyes closed, yet we dream in absolute darkness. How is it possible to see what we dream?

**Muqtar SGT_Clintok** · 06-16-09, 07:26 AM

At 13, I wasnt really pondering these questions. Keep on wondering and finding out. Curiosity of the universe is a great thing and to be respected.

There are several authors out there who can do a pretty good job of breaking down concepts without making you do or understand the math.

Bill Bryson has a great intro book.

My fav is Brian Green, although his books usually lose me once he goes into blending the travel through space and time into one single trip.

Starting to get your head around the utter complexity of the world around you in the best high out there.

**Panic** · 06-16-09, 08:00 AM

This is a stupid question, light is energy, no light energy=darkness. Light invades dark.

Have to go universal for some mind fuck questions. Or listen to some radiolab.