Positron

Are there negatives in this world, or only a lack of positives?

In a post from a couple yrs ago; Negatron, I attempted to understand whether there is more positive or negative in this world, in general. I made a very rough estimate that there is equal positives and negatives, but that the substance of both quantities (negative and positive) existing, seems it is still better than zero. This rough estimate was an assumption that actions and occurrences in this world are both negative and positive. But, to understand things more accurately, what are positives or negatives in this world?

Naturally, a negative does not exist, that we know of. There are objects or substances (positive quantity), or there are no objects (Zero). Negatives are a mathematically constructed concept, coming from the idea of having objects, then taking 1 or some away. If the only way to create a negative, is to take away positives, it seems a negative is only a lack of positive, in the physical world. 

Taking this into real life situations, being in poverty might be considered a negative concept to live with. But having little or no resources, is not a negative quantity of resources, it’s a lack of a positive quantity of resources. Losing a job may be considered a negative occurrence, but it is losing a positive quantity that was gained, and which was not there to begin with. Or having your bike stolen, is losing a previously gained positive, rather than an overall negative.

If it is assumed that there are no fundamental negatives, then the only negatives to be considered, are lacks of positives. If the perspective is taken, that a lack of positive, is a negative, then what degree of positive, should be taken into consideration, to determine the present negative? By that logic, should any lack in the maximum possible positives in life, be considered a negative? The maximum possible positive quantities, are far beyond what any person has ever possessed, so by this interpretation, everyone should be considered to have an immense amount of negatives. This seems like a mathematically and physically realistic, faulty perspective, as far as physical possessions.

Mental positivity may be another subtopic. For someone to perceive a negative or positive mentally, is more subjective, and less distinct. In a post from 3 months ago; Mutual Morality (+ the post before it), I attempted to understand the fundamentals of what we consider moral. Relative to this topic, morals seem to be based on what we perceive as good or bad, which seems to derive from instinctual reinforcement triggers. So a perceived mental positive or negative, seems to stem from these reinforcement triggers, which instinctually drive us to consider something positive or negative. 

If it’s assumed that instinctual negative reinforcement triggers are a mental negative in this world, perhaps this contradicts the idea of no negatives, as it seems with physical quantities. But does the concept of; lack of positives, creating a mistaken interpretation of negatives, apply to mentality as well? If someone receives mental positivity, then loses it, is that a legitimate negative, or a mistaken interpretation of a lack of positive? The physical result of feeling negative reinforcement seems it would be similar, whether the result is from the perception of lacking a positive, or from direct, basic instinctual negative reinforcement. The difference would be the factor of perception, which would likely allow for much easier variances in degree of mental negativity. When the step of perception is involved in negativity, there should be much more potential to reduce or even counteract the resulting negativity, by altering perception.

It seems that in physical quantities within this world, there are no negative sums, but rather positives or a lack of positives, which may be mistaken for overall negatives. Perhaps this concept can be carried over to mental negatives, caused by instinctual negative reinforcement. The step of perceiving the complexities of life, gives an allowance for the resulting effect on mentality, to be POSITRON (which isnt a real word. I’m just weird).