01-16-2025, 01:25 PM
(01-16-2025, 10:29 AM)CCoburn Wrote: Not just "The Universe". I know this thread focuses largely on "infinity", and although infinity and eternity are closely related, they aren't exactly the same.
Space and time are transcended when the universe is regressed to its primordial origin. This would be the domain of nonlinear time i.e. eternity. If anything happens within this eternal construct (including the creation of universes) there is no reason to believe it won't happen an infinite number of times as eternity is endless, but infinity is just an abstract concept – it may be approached but never fully realized.
The above is in contrast with M-theory where you have a multiverse residing in "the bulk" which is understood to be a spatial infinity, but I prefer the former where the spatial parameter expands from a virtual negation – a zero-volume existence. I think Occams' razor is useful here in deciding on a theory.
At a most fundamental level these polarities of nothing and something, negative existence and positive existence, zero and one, feminine and masculine are like Yin&Yang where they would just normally be taken together as fundamental to an unending repetitive cycle in lieu of isolating one and stating that it is infinite – one doesn't really have much meaning without the other.
Putting eternity aside for a moment. If you read Part 2, you'll find we're pretty much talking about the same thing, more or less. The only difference that I can see is that I'm using language that stupid people like me can understand.
