What Is Space In? — The Illusion of the Outside
🔥 Buckle up, we’re going full cosmic mode ❓ “The universe is in space” — Is That Even Correct? Actually… No. It’s a trick of language. We often say “the universe is in space” like space is a place , a container, or a stage on which the universe plays out. But that’s not how physics sees it. Space (and time) aren’t where the universe is. They are the universe. So when you ask: "Space is in what?" …the short, brutal answer is: Space isn’t in anything. Space-time is the foundational structure of reality—it has no wrapper, no shell, no beyond. 🧱 Let’s Build It from the Ground Up 1. What is “space”? In modern physics, especially General Relativity: Space (and time) are not containers. They are relational structures : systems of coordinates, distances, and durations between events and objects. They’re shaped by energy, mass, momentum. So "space" is not a thing floating in something bigger. It is the geometry that defines what “bigger” e...