Vague Explanations of an Infinite “Universe”
Every once in a while, I’ll go down some rabbit hole, attempting to explain the nature of the universe and my place within it all. This was just another one of those times. Call it vague, at best? Thanks for reading…
The universe is a giant amalgamation of electrons bumping into each other seemingly at random across a perceived infinite space. That’s a lot. The ether eats away at you. The world is not for you but rather available to all. You seek comfort but bask in struggle. You attempt to flourish off of available stimuli, which are actually quite plentiful. There’s always something to pay attention to. Now remember that that consists of many but a finite amount of things across a given lifetime. Across years, that can appear infinite. Across a lifetime, maybe it is, in fact, infinite. Infinity, then, is quite possibly incapable of being truly understood by the meager human mind.
Maybe you possess some inkling or hint at what infinity may be, but that is in fact just simple intuition. Infinity then lives all around you. It was here before and after you existed. It will appear and disappear in an instant. You then quantify that infinities are born within each other. So, you begin to come to the realization that infinity is not only a constant force but also a force subject to absolute criticism at the human level. Do with that what you will.
A machine burns romantically, then. We’re left to wrestle with the fact that, assuredly, an infinite number of amalgamations of said electrons could construct seemingly anything that is conceivable. “Believing is seeing.” Though unprovable, if you could actually convince yourself of such a notion, then a greater amount of opportunity does actually appear quite possible. Do you chalk it up to simple mental gymnastics, or is it possible that the likes of alternate universes and parallel worlds may actually exist? Possible? Absolutely. However, it seems quite impossible in the way that the sole individual would actually paint a parallel universal picture in one’s own mind. No.
The inconceivable then becomes quite apparent. The human mind’s inability to detect the existence of greater entities simply demonstrates that there is, of course, an unknown. The true question becomes whether or not we, as individuals, paint an absolute reality or if that reality is fed to us in proverbial “small portions.” Quite possibly, like most things in life, it’s “a bit from column a and a bit from column b.” Cheers to simultaneously painting and experiencing perceived reality as it comes down the universal assembly line.
