Re: a bit of dimensional analysis

Posted by rtharbaugh on September 18, 2003 at 13:08:50:

In Reply to: a bit of dimensional analysis posted by JohnCauthen on September 17, 2003 at 23:29:46:

Hi John.

"Since the vacuum does not contain the concept of space, the points are having a hard time expanding into it, yet, they are expanding. Something that does not have the idea of space is being expanded into. Therefore the points are being resisted as they expand, creating an compressive force pushing the points back together."

I think this may be an idea worth exploring. You seem to be saying that the creation of space requires some energy, which means that as a set of points expands, they have to push (or be pushed) into new territory. I think this idea is not very well established in physics, where the current paradigm seem to be that space is "nothing more than" the relationship between points.

Yet the idea of a zero point energy is somewhat accepted, or at least talked about. Surely if there is a zero point energy you must be right, and the creation of more space would have to require more energy from somewhere. Where does the energy come from?

Thanks,

Richard

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