Because we have long believed deficiency to be the essence of humanity, we fear a state where the empty set no longer exists. But let us completely flip our perspective. If science were to erase the empty set, it might signify the demise of the “imperfect set” called human, but simultaneously, it could mark the birth of an “Absolute Perfection” that satisfies all its own conditions. A state where others are unnecessary, deficiency is absent, and operations with the outside world (unions, intersections) become meaningless. This is less a tragedy and closer to an “Evolution toward Divinity.”
The Transcendence of Relationship, Not Its End
The reason I needed others was that the elements of the set I possessed were insufficient. However, if the empty set within me disappears and every element is perfectly filled, the “other” is no longer a “means to supplement myself.” From that point on, the other is not an object of necessity, but simply another universe existing alongside me. It does not matter if there is no intersection. I, myself, am already the universal set. This is not loneliness; it is “Complete Independence” from others.
Breaking Free from the Biological Species
A being in this state can no longer be called a “biological human.” Biology, by its nature, involves beings that exchange energy, fight entropy, and fill deficiencies. A being without an empty set becomes a “Constant”—free from entropy and no longer needing to consume or replenish anything. This signifies the end of the era of variable “sets” and the entry into an era of steadfast, “Individual Truth.”
Rejecting the Frame of Tragedy
We often praise the beauty of the void provided by “emptiness” or the preciousness of life granted by “death.” Yet, that is merely a logic of consolation created by beings who have no choice but to die. If we were to become immortal beings from whom death (the empty set) has vanished, we might look back on the sadness or longing we once felt as “byproducts of a primitive age.” To them, the “Serenity of Saturation” that lasts forever might be a more sublime value than the pain of unfulfilled desire.
The Elegance of a Closed System
Ultimately, the deletion of the empty set signifies the end of a set-theoretic worldview, but it simultaneously completes the “Elegance of a Closed System.” An array of perfect elements, influenced by no one and inviolable by any. It is a universe where each exists as an independent god, leaving behind the past history of clinging to one another out of necessity. Whether this is a tragedy or a blessing remains a judgment only for those who have become that “Absolute Perfection.”
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