Origins Part 2: Space

When say space, I am not talking about the final frontier. If you've ever had a math class in your life, then you know that space is made up of dimensions. Height, Length, and width are the three dimensions we are aware of within the further dimension of time.

Seeing as space cannot exist without time, and time has not always been around, it is only logical to assume that space has not always existed. Space can only exist when time exists. So the question is: where did space come from?

As mentioned in the previous post, one popular idea is that a massive explosion known as the "Big Bang" began the universe, and that includes space. However, this fairy-tale quickly is stricken with several fatal wounds when thought is involved. The "Big Bang" would have been composed of an orb of matter. Matter can only exist within space, within time. Already, we can see why this theory should have been eaten before people took it seriously. Matter, space, and time cannot exist in a pre-matter, pre-space, pre-time, period of non-events.

So where did space come from? Let's take a journey down logic lane and observe a more simple universe than our own. In the video game Halo, space is essential for Master Chief to exist within and move around in. Programmers created several grids at right angles to each other, providing an open representation of space. These gridlines required lots of math and programming that the majority of people don't understand. The programmers were not inside the Halo video game, but rather inside our world, which is on a higher plane of existance. Considering this, it is logical to deduce that a programmer in a higher reality than our own mathematically calculated what we percieve as space into a heightened-reality computer of some sort.

This begs the question, where did the programmer's space come from? In answer, as dimensions move up, things make more sense. For example, a one dimensional person would not really be able to exist without two other dimensions. A two dimensional person would not really be able to exist without having some sort of height to them. A three dimensional person, to all observations, can exist. Most people agree that there is a limited number of dimensions, and that the "top dimension" is the only one to make sense. All realities come from that one dimension.

How big is the universe?

In essence, this question is asking how much space is in space. The answer: all of it. It is difficult for humans, who exist within space, to understand what lies beyond the boarder of the universe, where no space exists. It seems impossible in everyway for there to be anything "outside" of space. For this reason the idea that space has an "edge" is often discounted.

Another popular idea is that space goes on forever. Once again, though we have to wonder how that could be possible. As we look around in nature, it seems that nothing is really boundless. The oceans are not boundless. The sky is not boundless. It doesn't seem to make any sense that the universe would extend forever.

There is a third idea, however, which makes a lot more sense. Einstein theorized that, like the earth, space itself was curved (or warped for all you sci-fi nerds out there). He claimed that if you continued going straight through space, you would eventually return to your point of origin. This idea, while it resembles a level from an old Mario video game, does seem to make more sense than the other two ideas. Unfortunately, this theory will be difficult to test, for obvious reasons. For this reason, I cannot say "For Sure" this theory is correct, but it is the one I currently accept.