Distance

PSI Blog 20260216 Distance

We are nothing without distance.

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Thanks to Gary Tate for this question: “Would you mind expanding upon your ideas on Distance? Thank you. …distance would seem to round out and finish a discussion on space. I envision space as including an infinite number of lines of distance.

 

I have most of your books. 😊 Thank you for responding. I half expected you not to. 😊”

 

[GB: Welcome. Always enjoy reader's questions. 

Without distance we would not have the motion of matter. Matter without motion is unthinkable per the Fourth Assumption of Science, inseparability (Just as there is no motion without matter, so there is no matter without motion) and the Tenth Assumption of Science, interconnection (All things are interconnected, that is, between any two objects exist other objects that transmit matter and motion).

 

Each portion of the Infinite Universe contains matter in motion within and without. All is in motion, and that could not occur if any distances were nonexistent (i.e., the imaginary "perfectly solid matter" of the idealist). Dense matter contains atoms containing up to 99% of what some would call “perfectly empty space,” which also is imaginary. Even without the surrounding electrons, neutrons are not "perfectly solid matter." Black holes are “grey” even though they are highly dense.

 

The distance between any two portions of the Infinite Universe always contains weaker matter that allows motion to occur. That stems from the Ninth Assumption of Science, relativism (All things have characteristics that make them similar to all other things as well as characteristics that make them dissimilar to all other things). In other words, no two portions of the Infinite Universe are identical. That also would mean that no two distances could be identical. Your imagined “infinite number of lines of distance” is not far off. None of those would be identical either—if you imagined them correctly.

 

One way to realize the transient behavior of those lines would be to study Brownian motion. That is what we observe when dust particles appear in a beam of sunlight. That is coincidentally a model for each portion of the Infinite Universe, with each thing undergoing inertial motion.

 

Of course, space really is filled with matter, with our imagined “lines of distance” being extremely short and temporary indeed. I speculate that the temporary distances between aetherons (the particles in aether) are similar to those between the nitrogen molecules in air. Sound travels through the atmosphere at 343 m/s, while the interparticle velocity of those nitrogen molecules averages about 50% greater: 515 m/s.

 

Thus, that interparticle velocity seems to control the ability of a medium to conduct wave motion. If that analogy holds, the interparticle velocity of aetherons in the aether medium also might be 50% greater than its ability to conduct light waves. That would mean aetheron interparticle motion could be 450,000,000 m/s! So, while we can imagine infinite lines of distance, reality involves infinite complications. Even if that speculation was not true, we must realize there are no perfectly straight lines in nature.

 

That is because there is an aetherosphere around every thing in the universe (i.e., the “Einsteinism” otherwise known as “space-time”). That forms as a result of aetheron deceleration when those particles collide with ordinary matter, producing the acceleration we call gravitation.  Light waves traveling past an object encounter an aether medium with slightly reduced pressure. This causes light to slow down and be refracted, much like it does in water. 

 

Of course, with everything in the Infinite Universe being in motion, all distances are strictly relative, just as all motion (time) is relative. That is why we need to establish standards for the measurement of distance and time. We also need to realize that all distances are continually varying. Per the Third Assumption of Science, uncertainty (It is impossible to know everything about anything, but it is often possible to know more about anything). For instance the distance from one end to the other of a piece of metal varies with variations in temperature. That is just another proof that all things in the Infinite Universe are in motion.

 

The upshot is that distance has been, and always will be a requirement for existence. The imagined initial perfectly empty space required for the “Last Creation Myth” is erroneous. Our own existence is a falsification of the Fifth Assumption of Religion, creation (Matter and motion can be created out of nothing).]

 

 

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