I am 100% convince that this is the shape of the universe, but because it has to represent higher dimensions than we can directly perceive, the dimensions seen in this gif are representative and not literal. It's just a gif from google images I grabbed quick to post the concept here and see if anyone else had any similar thoughts. But the spiral around the surface of the sphere space is all of reality that we can directly see and interact with, and the space in the middle is the rest of existence, higher and lower planes of existence seemingly superimposed on top of each other from our perspective because we cannot intuitively comprehend the directionality of those spaces. Also the reason gravity seems like it's just things trying to infinitely go in some impossible to fully comprehend direction that we call down is because it happens when things are massive enough to push out against the fabric of spacetime that makes up the spiral we're in along the outer surface of existence so because the divots are pushing out into literally nothing it it presents as if things are infinitely falling nowhere. This is also why black holes ultimately just lead infinitely nowhere until they radiate away everything they stole back into the system and disappear as if patched by reality itself. It looks that way because it is. And if you're wondering why it's a spiral just gimme one sec.
Look through the sphere so you see both sides of the spiral and think about what you see. I need to finally go to bed now, but I had to say this somewhere just to get it out first before I could.
>>16838288How do you explain the CMB if the universe loops?
>>16838288Your spiral is of finite length and encloses a finite volume. Did you mean to imply these restrictions?
>>16838622why wouldn’t it be finite?
>>16838649The curve length actually must be finite for every slope. For a slope of 0 it is pi*r or half the circumference. For a slope 90 it would no longer travel off the first pole.Everywhere in between it will trace a calculable finite path.
OP here. Sorry for being slow. I checked the thread when I got up and there were no replies yet and only just checked again. I’m happy to answer questions, but I ultimately can’t answer all of them because I don’t understand it all yet myself. As I said in the original post though, I am convinced this is a roughly accurate model. I’m still working on drawing up my own so I don’t have to rely on borrowed images to convey the idea but I’m not a great illustrator so it’s time consuming. >>16838436I still believe CMB is likely a lingering effect from the initial formation of the universe, or at least the parts we occupy. I think at the most fundamental level the fabric of spacetime as we know it is made from waves resonating out from the more central part of the overall structure and then moving along the outer surface because that’s the edge of everything so it cannot continue moving from there, and as such just travels along the outer surface until it collides with itself in unique ways that generate abstract patterns of interference that we call unstable matter. This unstable matter also cannot simply travel back through the higher dimensions of the center because the abstractions that lead to them only happen on the outer most surface of existence. >>16838622I did not intend that, although I think it’s a very intriguing point to consider. I’ll definitely be thinking about it lol. I’ll reply again with more insight when I feel I have some.
