(June 19, 2019 at 4:48 am)SenseMaker007 Wrote:Quote:For cats to exist, space/time must exist. Therefore space-time is a cause of cats. If space-time went away, the cats would also disappear. But the same is not true the other way -- space-time would continue to exist even if all the cats disappeared.
Yes ... but how can anything exist without space and time?
Something that never exists anywhere is identical to something that doesn't exist.
Does space-time exist?
Space-time would be something that is not in someplace nor at any time in particular, though you can consider subsets of space-time that are influenced by masses in particular locations and times.