(October 18, 2016 at 6:54 am)bennyboy Wrote:I view it like a stretchy diamond and all material things are like beams of color and light passing through it.(October 17, 2016 at 9:17 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: See that's why I love these simple questions and other people's perspective. I would have listed the dominant aspect of the universe as we find it as "empty" space. We've covered the space vs matter ratio of atoms, yes? The universe "exists" (to our subjective biological sensors) because the space for photon travel, an observer and something for the photon to bounce off of, also exist.Fair enough. To be honest, I learn toward idealism, so in that context, space isn't really a thing, but rather a rule about how ideas about things are related to each other.
What a physical space is actually blows the mind if I think about it too much, especially when you start thinking about relativity, QM etc.
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder