So far, warping space as a method of fast travel is total scifi. I know there is a guy who proposed that. I could find his name. But, the list of problems with his idea is serious. The vast majority of theoretical physicists are working on theories of how this universe works, including what I'll call "beyond" our universe. So, we have people working on a number of the various string theories, people like Dr. Carroll working on how this universe may be based on a wave function (since he sees string theory as merely a small step toward the fundamental without it showing any basis for what would actually be fundamental), and other various directions, some quite serious, others more speculative, but perhaps requiring investigation at least as due diligence in the field. Suggesting that theoretical physicists are trying to figure out how to travel fast is just not a realistic understanding of what they do.
What has been detected is that vacuum has energy. So, for example, when this universe expands (as it is known to do) vacuum energy also expands. That is, the energy density of the universe stays the same - we have just as much energy per unit volume. The notion of space as "nothing" isn't actually true, according to what physicists say.
And both models exist in the abstract, where, when applied to the concrete, come to two opposing conclusions. However, the models, including infinity, still reside in the abstract. The question then becomes, when the universe disappears, does the abstract still exist? I say it does, but I can't prove it. I say it does because I once had an OOBE.
Yes, that does make sense, there is no absolute vacuum, there is energy in the vacuum. The question is, how to tap it for our benefit. Some say it is the key to zero point energy ( which I know hasn't been proven yet). https://www.newscientist.com/articl...e-where-does-the-zero-point-energy-came-from/ (Yes, I'm aware of the controversial nature of New Scientist, but it can be sourced, though it has erred egregiously, on occasion, I would put the magazine as 'conversational science' rather than hard science)
That force already exists....Dark matter may kick in just as dark energy did. We also know verry little about the true nature of magnetism on cosmic scales.
Aren't thoughts and emotions chemical, electrical, and perhaps some other physical occurrences insides one's body or brain?
We know a lot about dark matter. Of course it doesn't include exactly what it is made of! But, astrophysicists know how it aggregates, that it is sensitive to gravitation, and some other things. They know approximately how much there is around our galaxy and other galaxies. They know it isn't the root of dark energy. I'd be surprised if dark matter is going to present us with a new force. Surely we would detect that force as a reaction to the dark matter mass that is known. I'm not sure what you mean by the magnetism aspect. Magnetism doesn't really have a long reaching effect capability, does it?
Yes! For me, it's one of those things about the way this universe works that is both measurable and really surprising/weird.
Of course not. My statement meant those things are physical. So theoretically, physics could be applied.
Scientists do not know for sure, and any theories to try to answer the question would be at the very fringes of established science. The current mainstream view is that both time and space were very compressed at the time. Most scientists tend to assume it was a point by working the logic of the phenomena backwards as far as possible. Of course we don't even know exactly what space did look like in that compressed state, just like we don't know exactly what space looks like in the universe today. There of course a few of the most likely possible theories. I will ignore all the details of the physics (both because it is overly complicated and I do not feel it is really very relevant to your question) and focus on the biggest simplest issue, which is how did everything get into that state it was in, or where did it ultimately come from. Usually these sorts of physics assumes a symmetry between space and time, so nothing happens in time that does not also happen in space. So that is something else bizarre to think about that might help give some insight. It suggests that if the universe had a "start" then space has a start too (perhaps outside the visible universe). Or maybe time does not have an actual beginning, and either goes on infinitely forever, or circles back on itself. But even this we do not know for certain. Current science does not know of any phenomena that can make matter and energy out of nothing.
I thought science proved that there is no such thing as 'nothing', even the vacuum in space has energy in it? @WillReadmore
If infinity did not exist, there would have been time and space before and after it, so I agree that in all probability it does exist. But then you get quickly into "where did it all come from" which makes a lie out of infinity.
