>>40632957>And yet we still use the CMB as one. Interesting.You're talking about the CMB rest frame which is a practical reference point, not a fundamental preferred frame of nature. It works because the CMB's temperature is the same in all directions, so we can calculate unambiguous velocity according to it.
The Big Bang didn't "cause" the universe, it is the universe as the moment in which every possibility became actual only through its relationship with all others, co-defined by their mutual interaction: emerging in mutual resonance, none preceding the other. Interdependence isn't a feature of reality, it's the foundational reality.
>Timespace is substance, and energy moves it. Energy is substance and timespace moves it.This is nothing more than the concept of luminiferous aether, which was proposed to account for the propagation of EM waves in a vacuum. Obviously waves required a substance to travel in (or so it was thought) and so the aether was proposed. Failure to detect the aether exposed contradictions in classical physics that led to Einstein’s Special Relativity.
Obviously you have robust critical thinking skills and scientific literacy that doubtlessly comes from authentic curiosity and passion for science. The ideas I am discussing are on the bleeding edge of speculation. I urge you to consider them more fully.
Review this post again describing a rough history of the universe, and the attached picture called "ode to the unfolding:"
>>40632679What do you think about the text in the picture as a naturalistic atheistic spirituality? It was derived from the theoretical framework I am describing. The spirituality is inextricable from the metaphysical framework, which is necessarily the case for any framework that unifies every aspect of experience.
Carl Sagan LIVED this spirituality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWnA4XLrMWA