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GH: We think of space as a vacuum, where there’s nothing. But space is something, isn’t it? I think of the universe as this giant balloon of “something”, and outside it there is literally nothing. That’s nothing as in “non-existence”.
Looking from the inside out, as an individual perceiver existing within a spacetime universe, I fully accord with your view. On the other hand, when perspective is expanded to include all emergent quarkiness, it accommodates not only the locally apprehended components you mention, but also the infinite potential of erstwhile nothingness.
My theory is that the universe is “being created” at the edges, it’s like an ocean wave of “something-ness” rolling and roiling into creation, so yes, it’s like a balloon, in that inside the balloon is the universe we can see (touch, taste, measure, etc.) and outside is “nothing”.
Inside-out ... the near-universal consensus.
I've been pondering an outside-in perspective.
Naked singularity hosting emergent experience
ubiquitously realized within infinite potential.
To wit: Organically evolving experience of existence,
emergent within original singularity
in lieu of a big-banging spacetime balloon.
What are your and others thoughts on that?
Tom
