Reply #21: Basically, the Constant driver is fed by time, [View All]

[The Doctor.]

acting upon space creating a linear energetic mass-displacement function... 'antigravity' as far as cosmic expansion is concerned.

Here's the thing; The Constant expansion, were it to take place strictly 'in' space, would accelerate at, well, an infinite rate due to the exponential effect of time acting recursively on expanding space. Natural relativity, by mere virtue of physical relationships of massive objects, could not hold such an expansion in check. The warping and twisting of space would have shown up as a massive cosmic distortion as soon as we could tell the difference between stars and galaxies... I mean, imagine knowing that you're looking at far away galaxies, far, far away, and they're changing place in the observable scope faster than everything in your own galaxy!
The effect that we are seeing in dark energy is caused by the 'recycling' of space back into the dimension of time. The differential energy that's created is enough to show up against, within, and all around background radiation. Basically, space is like the meniscus on a magma fissure... time adds to it as magma adds to the rock, Time is, like magma to rock, literally turning into space (and accelerating mass, but that's another thing). Yes, it's a bit more complex and there are other factors, but that's the best analogy I have right now.
So, what would happen if all magma became solid the moment it met rock? Well, it would go solid to the core and become a nice paperweight for a very large person. That doesn't happen, of course, because below the meniscus the rock that forms is being re-heated, and re-melted, and like the Earth, there is a fairly abundant source of fresh heat which has resulted in a fair model of equilibrium.

The Universe, on the other hand, has many more orders of magnitude of orders of magnitude (of orders of magnitude) of driving force and energy than does the Earth. The Universe, as we know, has not, and will not achieve a form of 'equilibrium' for some time... a little bit, at least... as demonstrated by little things like that constant expansion and the fact that time still works... which is good because that's what it takes me to type this.

So... what's going on is the completely expected phenomenon of space being acted upon, and at a level, being reabsorbed (during quantum resolution, which is what makes space and 'reality' very thin, actually) in Time. As this happens, like with the rock and the magma, energy is released.

As it stands, time is a relatively misunderstood factor of the Constant, but it's a good thing we're in a really, really young Universe (even though it's older than most people think because of the effect I've just described above)

So, I guess, looking at your question, the answer would more be along the lines of, "Space and Relative Dimensions in Time."



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