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Topic Started: May 27 2008, 11:09 PM (116 Views)
Goda
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Does light really need dark, and vice versa?
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jesusfreak574

Interesting question. I think in order to fully appreciate what light and dark are, you need both. But then, light really doesn't need dark. And dark is just the lack of light. So I would say that dark needs light (specifically it needs light to go away), but that light doesn't need dark.
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Which banner sparked this question? :p

Darkness is simply the quality of being (nearly) without light. Light simply refers to the electromagnetic spectrum. In a sense, I guess they are the same thing, and to differentiate, you do need both.

Scientifically, dark does need light because it is only possible to have a reduced amount of light.
And scientifically speaking, light needs dark because we would have an infinite amount of electromagnetic radiation everywhere :P


So I would answer, yes.. they are mutual, and should one not exist, neither can exist..
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