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I was just poking around this section of the forum and it reminded me of an idea I had about space, its structure, and what it all actually means. It’s more on the philosophical side. We actually debated stuff like this in my high school philosophy class a few years back.
I spent about an hour explaining this theory to my teacher afterward. She told me it actually made sense and that the theory itself wasn't bad. I came up with it out of nowhere during that philosophy lecture. Look, we all know that space consists of an indescribable amount of empty void, which is—to put it mildly—mostly empty, yet filled with matter in the form of stars, planets, comets, asteroids, and so on (maybe even antimatter, dark matter, black holes, and whatever else they're discovering lately). The actual volume of matter compared to that massive empty void is practically negligible.
Now let's take it up a notch. Matter (at least based on what we know today) is mostly made of hydrogen atoms. Over 90% of everything is hydrogen; the share of all other elements is pretty small, and they all basically stem from hydrogen anyway. We know a hydrogen atom—and all others—consists of a nucleus and electrons. Everyone has seen those textbook diagrams of an atom. The problem is, that perception isn't accurate at all. If one hydrogen proton were the size of a football, then the first orbiting electron would be the size of a tennis ball located about 15 miles away from that nucleus! That is roughly the actual spatial relationship between the parts of an atom. Imagine a massive sphere about 15 miles wide with components that size. An atom is essentially just a tiny bit of "nothing." It's empty space at a micro-dimension that is almost entirely vacant, save for some tiny protons, electrons, and neutrons.
Ratios like that between matter and empty space led me to a simple conclusion: this division of space goes on forever, splitting into endless voids and negligibly small bits of matter. Mathematically speaking, if you follow the limit, you conclude that space is actually just one big nothingness. What we see and experience is just reshaped empty space that must be governed by something. Personally, I view God that way—as the force that manages everything, the force that keeps space within our perception at all times. Because if math and logic lead to the conclusion that space doesn't exist, yet we know it does, then there has to be some "something" at the highest level that creates a world of "something" out of nothing. All natural laws, all rules. Mass, light, speed... it's all just contained within empty space. Completely empty.
What do you guys think?
I spent about an hour explaining this theory to my teacher afterward. She told me it actually made sense and that the theory itself wasn't bad. I came up with it out of nowhere during that philosophy lecture. Look, we all know that space consists of an indescribable amount of empty void, which is—to put it mildly—mostly empty, yet filled with matter in the form of stars, planets, comets, asteroids, and so on (maybe even antimatter, dark matter, black holes, and whatever else they're discovering lately). The actual volume of matter compared to that massive empty void is practically negligible.
Now let's take it up a notch. Matter (at least based on what we know today) is mostly made of hydrogen atoms. Over 90% of everything is hydrogen; the share of all other elements is pretty small, and they all basically stem from hydrogen anyway. We know a hydrogen atom—and all others—consists of a nucleus and electrons. Everyone has seen those textbook diagrams of an atom. The problem is, that perception isn't accurate at all. If one hydrogen proton were the size of a football, then the first orbiting electron would be the size of a tennis ball located about 15 miles away from that nucleus! That is roughly the actual spatial relationship between the parts of an atom. Imagine a massive sphere about 15 miles wide with components that size. An atom is essentially just a tiny bit of "nothing." It's empty space at a micro-dimension that is almost entirely vacant, save for some tiny protons, electrons, and neutrons.
Ratios like that between matter and empty space led me to a simple conclusion: this division of space goes on forever, splitting into endless voids and negligibly small bits of matter. Mathematically speaking, if you follow the limit, you conclude that space is actually just one big nothingness. What we see and experience is just reshaped empty space that must be governed by something. Personally, I view God that way—as the force that manages everything, the force that keeps space within our perception at all times. Because if math and logic lead to the conclusion that space doesn't exist, yet we know it does, then there has to be some "something" at the highest level that creates a world of "something" out of nothing. All natural laws, all rules. Mass, light, speed... it's all just contained within empty space. Completely empty.
What do you guys think?