Nothing, by definition, does not and cannot exist. The concept of nothing (which is essentially zero) is purely conceptual. Zero itself is flawed; you cannot divide by it.

Zero is India's number one export.  (Followed closely by the USB port)

There is nowhere where nothing exists. In the vacuum of deep space at 0 Kelvin, the coordinates of time and space still exist. The only place nothing exists is at the boundary of the universe, which nothing can reach as the universe is expanding at the speed of light.

Well, since reality only exists when the quantum waveform collapss in your retina, I would guess, yes, apparently there is something in nothing. Also, in our universe, the constant quantum fluctuations "create" virtual particle pairs of electrons and positrons out of the foam, only to have them annihilate and be zapped out of reality.

Reading the title made me think up a "your mom" joke.

Everything was created. In fact, everything came from nothing when nothing exploded.

Nothing can be split into negative something and positive something if their sum is equal to 0. So basically the sum of all the mass and energy of the universe is 0.

Two ways of looking at division:

 8 / 2 = 4

Divide eight cookies into two piles -> you get four cookies in each pile

Divide eight cookies into piles of two -> you get four piles

8 / 0 = ?

Divide eight cookies into zero piles -> zero? with a remainder of 8?

Divide eight cookies into piles of zero -> inifinity? with a remainder of 8?

Paradoxically, isn't it? Even if you would substract or add 8 to infinity, it still remains infinity.  Every equation with infinity is therefore mathematically wrong, but still it's the logical truth to say that 0 fits an infinite amount into 8.

The point is that the cookie-example in itself is flawed. Mathematics works also even if it can't be translated into materialistic reality. You can have negative numbers but you can't eat a negative cookie.

But try to do the opposite. How will your example work if you have 8 cookies lying on your table and you multiply them with 0?

Mathematics serves the purpose of representing the world around us. It progresses a lot slower than science because everything needs to be empirically proven beyond doubt before moving on.

[quote]But try to do the opposite. How will your example work if you have 8 cookies lying on your table and you multiply them with 0?[quote]

You have eight cookies in one row, multiplication sets the number of rows, 1 (multiply by 1) row still equals 8 cookies, Multiplying by zero gives you zero cookies, it's a certain thing, zero rows of cookies.

Also, you can eat negative cookies. Two words, gag reflex.