Does the expansion of the Universe create an equivalent contraction of… NOTHINGNESS?
Kinkazzo: . No. . Nothingness can neither expand nor contract as it has no physical existence. . This is like the dichotomy between light and darkness. Darkness is often seen as the opposite of light, but that’s a misguided assumption. Darkness is the absence of light. . Nothingness is the absence of something-ness, ie. space and time… . —————— . This is one of the human limitations of how we contemplate reality. . When we think of a border or limit to the edge of the universe, we assume that “something” must be on the other side of that border, when that is just an affectation of how we view the physical world around us. Namely, its a byproduct of our physical experiences here on earth. . There are all sorts of paradoxes that play into these conceptual limitations of human perception. Take a mobius strip for instance. For all practical purposes, looking at it, you have to assume it has two sides, when in fact it has only one. . Another example of this perceptual limitati