As you stand at the edge on the Cusp of Forever, staring into the blackness which is the void, have you ever considered the complete nothing of it? The void, for all the mystery we endow it with, is simply a completely empty space, a total vacuum bereft of everything, where everything is not. It is a total vacuum. A total vacuum? The statement is like saying a woman is very pregnant; you’re either pregnant or you’re not. If a vacuum is not total then it also is not a vacuum. But, then, a total vacuum is a concept for which we have no reference. Right? After all, what we refer to as a vacuum still has quantum particles moving through it which we can't measure and, therefore cannot allow for with any accuracy if we include a necessary "vacuum" in any equation. The best we can do is a "partial" vacuum which, again, is like saying a woman is “sort of” pregnant. It really isn't a vacuum but is simply the best we can create. The cosmic web is said to consist of the glue which binds everything to reality. But, what exists in the blackness, the void throughout the web, where everything is not? Is it a total vacuum? Is it possible to remove God from somewhere? If we can't remove the ever-present God, is it still a vacuum? Do we simply write God out of the equation or do we create another variable to deal with the deity effect, the "ghost in the machine" so to speak?
What do you think? It would be nothing new for me to find myself totally alone, out in left field. To read more of my thoughts on where everything is not, and risk joining me out in left field, please follow the attached link: Where Everything Is Not