This is what is called 'word play'. Playing with terms like 'nothing' and 'aware of' doesn't compel reality to obey. But just for fun: Note that this mangled logic still doesn't account for the scenario where there is no one being aware. If there's no one to be aware or not be aware, then the issue of whether there can be awareness of nothing does not arise. Note also that 'nothing' is an inadequately defined term. You've only used circular logic. Thus, using a sloppy word to rule events in or out is invalid.
Still irrelevant. Both your statements presuppose there being an entity to "have" or "not have" something. No entity = no "have" or "have not". The universe ticked merrily along for 9 billion years plus with no such entity.
not being existent is the same as not having awareness at all because there wouldn't be anyone to have it.
Given that non existence is not a state of existence, you have probably not been non existent before.
Piffle. Non being is not a state of being, so one can not not be, and non awareness is not a sort of awareness, so one can not be unaware from their own perspective.
As opposed to now, when different superstitions rule the world, such as materialism. I dont believe progress was entirely linear.
anyway, I found a better way to word the same argument, to explain why even if non existence did nesacerily entail unawareness, that still would not disprove my argument. one can not not have a perspective from their own perspective. therefore own must have a perspective from their own perspective. and that's why I say you must be aware of something because you can not be aware of nothing. if you do not not have a perspective, you have one, and are as a result aware of something. it is different in other instances, you can not see from your own perspective, you can not hear from your own perspective, but you can never not be aware from your own perspective, because unawareness means the absence of your perspective. you could be unconscious, for any amount of time, but not to yourself, you would just skip that time period that you were unconscious for and wake up in the future within 0 duration from your own perspective. unconsciousness, then, is not the same as annihilation, but time travel.
pretty much. mainly through the schooling system. it gives them all the perfect mindset, the whole universe is a machine and you are too. it rules the world even if it wasn't supposed to.
You are willing to blindly accept quantum theory but not naturalism? You realize science is based on methodological naturalism?
