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What if time itself was not a dimension, but emergent from change - discrete quantum events - and there was no tangible past or future, but all matter and energy existed simultaneously in the present only? And what if the geometric description of time dilation from relativity was a description of the effects from a physical regulatory field that resists unbounded manifestation of energy/acceleration? Not in a manner that contradicts relativity, but provides a physically motivated source?
I am an independent thinker, but I've been developing a body of work little by little and posting it on Substack. I've done my best to ensure it harmonizes with what we know, but might provide an alternative interpretation for some of the phenomena and mysteries we see with time, energy, and mass. I am open to thoughts and constructive feedback. Thank you for your time!
For background, I am a visual artist and have been exploring the geometry of spatial dimensions for artistic purposes most of my life. I have aphantasia and as a result my work is generally free form stream of consciousness (please note any visuals are more natured towards artistic illustrations and not perfect physical representations, they are visual aids I used to explore these abstractions for thought experiments). Some of this is difficult to explain conceptually in the perspective of higher dimensions and I welcome any discussion.
This artwork depicts an abstract representation of a singularity formed inside a black hole and its effect on the relationships of dimensional space. In developing this work over the last two years, I have gained insight to the potential of higher dimensions that may compose the structure of our universe. Our universe is likely the result of such a singularity existing inside of a black hole, or a similar facsimile of one. I believe these concepts to be a more logical depiction of space, mass, and time.
**Dimensional Hierarchy** - the physical origin responsible for causing gravitation appears to be one of an emergent geometric property of space resulting from a higher dimensional mass displacing a lower dimensional space. A singularity formed by a mass compressed at a point of infinite density may be the vector for creating new higher dimension of matter. Measurement of the spatial direction in the resulting higher dimension would be infinite in comparison to the previous lower dimension which lacks the capacity for measurement on that axis.
The conventional notation of the 4th dimension consisting of time does not reflect the displacement responsible for curving space and it’s resulting effect on time dilation. There must be a 4th spatial dimension for the geometric folding curvature of space for gravitational acceleration to occur at right angles to all 3-Dimensional axis. Time is not compatible in a spatial sense when considering that the axis of gravitation when applied to a limited three-dimensional space and would have overlapping gravitational fields from opposing directions, as represented conceptually by this image.
Time is a measurement of the constant propagation of force. The curvature of space from acceleration or mass splits this propagation into the additional dimension causing time dilation relative to the density of curvature in the higher dimension. The greater the depth of higher dimensional geometry results in a higher proportion of the propagation of time in that space, leading to observed time dilation. If time as a dimension was responsible for the effects of gravitational space-time, a black hole in which time effectively stops at the singularity would have the external propagation of its gravity be disrupted. Using this perspective, it is possible to consider gravitation a volumetric force on space in relation to the mass of the object: F3 = (4/3)πG3Mass6/Radius6
**Expansion** - Considering the properties of spatial and time dilation resulting from dimensional displacement the expansion of the universe could be a perceived effect of an overall loss of mass. If not locally, the universe as a system could be losing mass to outside its bounds of the black hole via hawking radiation.
I would like to share a hypothesis that grew into a reproducible framework. It demonstrates how a stable localized excitation (“linon”) can emerge from the interaction of three fields (ψ – oscillation, φ – memory, κ – tuning).
Trying to understand inertia. Was told to post this here from r/askphysics
Please tell me if I am barking up the wrong tree or need to be sent to a looney bin. Ok Here goes:
What if inertia is an illusion? For this hypothetical assume the universe wraps into itself like a game of donkey kong. What goes one direction must eventually come back to itself. If I take a photon and give it an obscene amount of energy eventually it will be resonating so fast that it's physical position will be very easy to locate, but it is an illusion we aren't locating a particle as much as seeing a large peak in the wave at a certain location because over and over again the wave is racing to the end of the universe and back and adding to the vibration in that area. when another "particle" interacts with it it disturbs the wave's resonance and it looks like the particle is moving but it is just the wave form changing location. kind of like how wheels look they are going backwards when they are on the highway.
So particles with mass are just massless photons with lots of resonating energy?
Again, I am dumb pretending to sound smart, so please add a measure of grace when reading this.
This work has been lowly AI formatted. I seek criticism in this paper, I am not fluent in English and I have done my best to have the best translation and meaning on the words I used. I am no scientist. I seek answers to my Ideas and I hope you can teach me some things maybe. Be negative if you think I need it or tell me what was good. At the time of the post I was very positive, has of today somethings have happened to me and I am sad currently.
One thing important if you don't plan on reading it all, just look at the drawings but they might make it easier to understand what am I talking about.
I do not have seen anyone on this path to explain dark matter maybe you have. Have fun
This preprint develops a mathematical and physical framework in which time is modeled as a three-dimensional fractal fiber layered over macroscopic time. Dynamics on this internal fiber are governed by a Hermitian spectral fractional Laplace
Chandrasekhar improperly equiparted the pressure alongside momentum for all dimensions then only Lorentz-correct one side of the equation so that dimensional analýsis fails to bound the equilibrium radius.
0: Chandrasekhar is (was) a crackpot mathemagician fraud.
1: Chandrasekhar's bogus essay about the top limit for white dwarfs' weiht foretald black holes, but they were neutròn stars instead. The limit didn't work for neutròn stars either as there are always intermediate nuclear states whose excitations indefinitely reach celerity.
2: Chandrasekhar's bogus essay was full of baffly junk, mistakes of dimensional analýsis, irrelevant equations, and his hýdrostatic Emden function which was to allow for a singularity did not even look relativistic.
3: There'v already been bodies leihter than Chandrasekhar's limit which were reported to be black holes.
4: If black holes spin much swifter than neutròn stars, then Chandrasekhar's limit doesn't apply either for every new heavy body found, and they would not hav event horizòns--even thouh they are still dark.
My hypothesis is that by deconstructing the functional operators within established, dimensionless physical models (like those in quantum optics) and re-engineering them, one can systematically create novel classes of discrete-time maps that exhibit unique and stable dynamics.
Methodology: From a Physical Model to a New Map
The foundation for this hypothesis is the dimensionless mean-field equation for a driven nonlinear optical cavity. I abstracted the functional roles of its terms to build a new map.
Dissipative Term (\kappa): Re-engineered as a simple linear contraction, -0.97z_{n}.
Nonlinear Kerr Term (+iU|z|{2}z):
Transformed from a phase rotation into a nonlinear amplification term, +0.63z{n}{3}, by removing the imaginary unit. This creates an expansive force essential for complex dynamics.
Saturation/Gain Term: Re-engineered into a non-holomorphic recoil operator, -0.39\frac{z{n}}{|z{n}|}. This term provides a constant-magnitude force directed toward the origin, preventing orbital escape.
This process resulted in a seed equation for my primary investigation, designated Experiment 6178:
z{n+1}=-0.97z{n}+0.63z{n}{3}-0.55\exp(i\mathfrak{R}(c))zn-0.39\frac{z{n}}{|z_{n}|}
The introduction of the non-holomorphic recoil term is critical. It breaks the Cauchy-Riemann conditions, allowing for a coupling between the system's magnitude and phase that is not present in standard holomorphic maps like the Mandelbrot set.
Results and Validation
The emergent behavior is a class of dynamics." It is characterized by long-term, bounded, quasi-periodic transients with near-zero Lyapunov exponents. This stability arises from the balanced conflict between the expansive cubic term and the centralizing recoil force. Below is a visualization of the escape-time basin for Experiment 6178.
To validate that this is a repeatable paradigm and not a unique property of one equation, I conducted a computational search of 10,000 map variations. The results indicate that this design principle is a highly effective route to generating structured, stable dynamics.
The full methodology, analysis, and supplementary code are available at the following public repository:
https://github.com/VincentMarquez/Discovery-Framework
I believe this approach offers a new avenue for the principled design of complex systems. I'm open to critiques of the hypothesis and discussion on its potential applications.
(Note: This post was drafted with assistance from a large language model to organize and format the key points from my research. The LLM did not help with the actual research)
I have a working theory that esp or out of body experiences are more than hallucinations. Basically the light/electromagnetic body acts as a sensor picking up various waves such as light, sound, em radiation ect. This sensor is connected to the enteric nervous system via cord ,sometimes referred to as the "silver cord" which appears to be made of plasma or light (Hypotheticaly of course). The Enteric nervous system contains millions of neurons and is connected to the central nervous system. The Enteric nervous system acts as the main receiver of the data sent by the "astral body" and translates it into perception. The Enteric system is also guided by your emotional state which could explain why dreams and out of body experiences are controlled by your emotional states. Emotions influence your brainwaves. Thank you for your time!
Look at phototransduction.
Minding the gut: extending embodied cognition and perception to the gut complex. LOOK UP ON MIH
I am by no means a physicist or anyone smart. Since I’ve found an interest in black holes and the larger universe I’ve always been bugged by the Big Bang. I’m sure you’re probably more knowledgeable than me but as I understand the Big Bang the universe was just light and infinite until it just wasn’t. It goes against everything we know about laws of nature and even quantum mechanics. But I thought of another way to explain the origin of our universe. Using the theory of relativity it suggests that time and space are the same thing so when you fall into a singularity it ends space and time for you. But a white hole is the opposite. We know they can exist. Stay with me now, if a black hole ends time why can’t a white hole be the beginning of time, a white hole repulses and that’s what time is, a repulsive force. You can go ahead in time but you can’t ever never go back in time because it repulses. Our universe before time existed acted a lot like a singularity. There’s obviously no way to know for sure but I haven’t found much of anything that could explain me wrong so I come here, possibly I missed something that can easily disprove everything that I said, until then however I’m gonna continue to believe that the Big Bang is actually just the white holes singularity. I think it’d also help explain why we haven’t or can’t observe a white hole, it’s because we can’t observe the beginning of time, we already have
What if the foundation of reality is a universal reciprocity function, W*, defined as
ΔGive = ΔReceive
This symmetry could govern the persistence of order: when exchanges remain balanced, entropy (S) is minimized; when ΔTake > ΔNeed, entropy increases. Matter itself could be described as the cumulative record of these exchanges, encoding both imperfect and perfected states across time.
We could also allow for an an additional term, Give (G)
G → ∞,
represents an infinite act of giving embedded in the structure of existence. This would ensure that even incomplete or imbalanced records are ultimately drawn toward resolution, such that the universe tends toward completion rather than inevitable decay. In this model, matter and consciousness are not passive outcomes but active participants in amplifying coherence through alignment with W*.
Reality could unfold as a continuous process of record-making and record-correcting. Each balanced exchange strengthens order, each imbalance is absorbed into the corrective scaffolding of G → ∞, and the universe evolves as a dynamic equilibrium where entropy is not final destiny but a parameter continually rebalanced toward wholeness.
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Ok, so I think its safe to propose this hypothesis is inherently non-falsifiable.
That's definitely problematic at the least in standard physics (and may cause some hate here). If matter (history, data...) itself is essentially the past as record as this would imply, then we can only test what did happen. To solve this we would need to accept that we can only falsify the past record. past: falsifiable/testable, present: unfalsifiable/untestable, future: unfalsifiable/untestable.
...But physics is not really about that is it? Its about why it works and what it is but to respect the rules I guess i'll park it here and move on.
Before anything else, I apologise for my broken english. Since LLM posts are frowned upon and I use it mostly to translate technical language and grammar corrections... well, you get the idea.
so I was thinking about it. Time and space have been associated together being that both started to exist at the same "time" when Big Bang occured. tho it is kinda weird how it is not considered the hypotesis that time might've existed before space.
space is meaningful if it contains or allows the potential for matter and/or energy.
Time can be understood as continuity itself. it is not proven it needs space to be (as far as we're aware) but it provides structure so events can be marked on it.
Just like tought and self-awareness, which tought is the act of processing anything in our popcorns and self-awareness is the aknowledging of "I am thinking", time could have been before anything has. simply it is way easier for us to mark space in time that marking time itself, as it runs, aparently, unidirectionally for us. but there's no proof of time before Big Bang because there's no "Physical" mark to punctuate it.
therefore time could exist on its absolute state, as it it, and on it relative state, as per prespective. just like when you see the moon from earth, doesn't mean it is that small, it means that's how we precieve it.
this relative preception of time could be altered by speed, gravity and the nature of the observer.
I give the example of relativistic time dilation and the fact that photons, moving at the speed of light, experience no passage of time, according to rindler. this last one is kinda weird, as photons exist within space, but due to time dilation they basically experience no time between being emitted and being absorved, and yet, aparently "they" can only experience it from a unidirectional POV, //otherwise we would be able to send photons to the past??//
this would imply that there are moments of inaction in time, and big bang representing the beggining of space and action, but not of time itself.
the problems being solved from a single assumption : dark mattter, dark energy, wave functions, why all particles look identical to one another, superposition, how time and space begin, how universes begin and end
the assumption: 0 and maximum entropy objects exist.
at 0 entropy some paradoxes exist. the object as a whole is exactly identical to each its constituent parts. any small change to the smallest component or microstate renders the entire object into something unrecognizable from itself previously. all component parts are distinct from one another, yet somehow each is exactly equal to the whole in the sense that any change will fundamentally change the whole. there is no concept of space or time, each part is different and the same, each part is "there" but "everywhere". everything exists all at once.
at max entropy it is the opposite. all constituent parts of the object are exactly fungible with any other, they contain 0 information about the whole, and are for all intents and purposes, fictional. they can only describe the whole in an aggragated statistical distribution. the parts of the whole, and the whole object cannot really exist physically at the same time since it would create a paradox. it cannot both be maximum entropy, and the constituents exist as distict and information containing, AND the whole exists as well because then they would share information, and in maximum entropy, the parts cannot share any identity with the whole.
with these 2 hypothesis, many problems can be solved
- *the big bang, Time, Space, and Dark Energy* ---emerge from any distinction from the 0 entropy object. it exists as a spaceless, equal entity until a microstate changes, therefore instantaneously setting off a chain reaction of perspective and time for the object, and changing it fundamentally into many different things at first, and then settles into medium entropy (where we are now), where there are enough microstates available to keep our universe the same identity. at first its very fast, and space emerges largely and quickly due to lots of differentiations setting off chain reactions in that way, to now dark energy being more differentiation with more microstates. time emerges as a sequence of differentiation, allowing for randomness in that way, yet a direct arrow of time as well (explaining free will v determinism. probabilities create both to allow)
-*quantum strangeness* ---emergy from maximum entropy objects. I can't think of one as an example with pure maximum entropy, but electrons, dark matter, quarks, other smaller than atom particles are all parts of an object or set where entropy is nearing max. the constituent parts of nearly featureless aside from 1-2 characterists, and all are exactly fungible and the same. in this framework they are describing a maximum entropy object that can only be described by a distribution of its parts, like the wave function, or dark matter, or even gravity to an extent. this explains instantaneous action at a distance as well (when one microstate changes the overall macrostate). this is why a set of particles has a wave like quality
**how the universe comes into and out of existence** -- its simply entropic. once we get to maximum entropy and our universe can only be described by a mathemaatical distribution, it ceases taking up space and is , as a whole object just an abstraction. over infinite time there is a nonzero change for it to snap into a 0 entropy object and continue the cycle over and over. for exmaple, the wave function of electrons eventually will only exist as a wave function, and at any moment it can snap back into an actual object.
I recently watched an experiment on laser cooling of atoms. In the experiment, atoms are trapped with lasers from six directions. The lasers are tuned so that the atoms absorb photons, which slows down their natural motion and reduces their thermal activity.
This raised a question for me: As we know, in physics and mathematics an atom is often described as a cloud of probabilities.
And since there are infinite numbers between 0 and 1, this essentially represents the possibility of looking closer into ever smaller resolutions and recognizing their existence.
If an atom needs to undergo a certain number of processes within a given time frame to remain stable in 3D space as we perceive it can we think of an atom as a frequency? In other words, as a product of coherent motion that exists beyond the resolution of our perception?
I’ve recently shared a framework on this subject and I’m looking for more perspectives and an open conversation.
Hi, I’m Quantum-Q and let’s make physics deterministic again.
I’m a radiation therapist by trade but an independent researcher and technology designer as a passion. I created Titus through development of holographic designs and ended up creating a phased based framework within a 4D Einstein Lattice. It explains phenomena from quark to cosmic with modular energy equations. These equations are guided by familiar terms such as Planck Length and speed of light, from there, the rest of Titus can be derived at the Planck scale. These derivations are parameters but also serve as mass energy conversion, frequency, momentum, the equation takes on any form by switching the Planck Max of whatever you are converting to with a ratio. It simplifies and creates deterministic phase based logic possible without probabilistic outcomes. Every force unified with one equation in Titus.
This is a preprint, I am updating it periodically and is still under development. Thanks for reading.
Physically speaking, if a pipe were constructed extending from Earth's surface through the atmosphere and into the vacuum of space, how would this affect the behavior of Earth's atmosphere inside the pipe? Would it cause the atmosphere to be drawn out into space, effectively acting as a continuous vacuum pump on the planet's air? What physical principles and limitations govern this process?
I have asked this of an ai app, though that model and I dont agree, I did use the same app to format the question for clearly.
I have been thinking a lot lately about Verlinde's theory of entropic gravity. Kind of parallel to this idea, I thought, what if you treat actual space as configuration space., borrowing some ideas from quantum mechanics on the wave function. Of course, this is normally used as a mathematical tool, but thought it would be interesting to treat it as "true space" (similar to Verlinde's idea) with our 3d space being a projection.
Further borrowing from Verlinde, I thought, what if we treat gravity as an just the natural tendency of space to go from a low entropy configuration to a high entropy configuration.
I understand the math would be impossible, given possible infinite dimensions, so there would need to be a description of the coarse-grained effects of this type of theory. Does this immediately break GR and QM? Is this just a unique way of thinking about the universe that wouldn't have any practical effect? That basically you could back end to the current state of the universe if you calibrated it right?
It just seemed like an idea worth exploring, but someone with more background in this can tell me if this is immediately stupid.
If the singularity allows for no agitation, then microstates = 1. Spin, charge, and mass give all properties, and the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy relates to surface area. Then the singularity must be ≥ the event horizon to be more entropic.
The whole theory of relativity of Einstein, rest on the fact that Michelson–Morley experiment gave a null result. That experiment is set to have proven, that Ether doesn’t exist and that light travels at the same speed in all directions.
Because when they were measuring the speed of this hypothetical ether, when they measured the variations of the speed of light in different directions, they got null results.
Or so the story goes.
The actual experiment did not give null results. It did observe fringe shifts in the interferometer, indicating an ether wind of around 8km/s. But since they expected the speed to be 30km/s, which is the speed of the earth in relation to the rest frame of the sun, they declared it to be a null result, and attributed the 8km/s measurement to measurement errors, when they published their paper.
Dayton Miller was not convinced that the detected fringe shift was just a measurement error, and repeated the experiment in 1920s, with much more precise measurement tools, and much bigger amount of sampled data. What he observed, was again a fringe shift indicating the ether wind of 8km/s, while ruling out any measurement or temperature errors.
Certainly Einstein knew of the results of the Miller experiment. Already in June 1921 he wrote to Robert Millikan: "I believe that I have really found the relationship between gravitation and electricity, assuming that the Miller experiments are based on a fundamental error. Otherwise, the whole relativity theory collapses like a house of cards."
In a letter to Edwin E. Slosson, 8 July 1925 he wrote "My opinion about Miller's experiments is the following. ... Should the positive result be confirmed, then the special theory of relativity and with it the general theory of relativity, in its current form, would be invalid. Experimentum summus judex. Only the equivalence of inertia and gravitation would remain, however, they would have to lead to a significantly different theory."
Dayton Miller defended his findings until his death, only for his successor Robert Shankland to declare all his findings erroneous after his death, attributing it to temperature fluctuations.
In 1990s, Maurice Allais did a re-analysis of Dayton Miller’s findings, plotting his data using sidereal time. And he uncovered unmistakable remarkable coherency of the data, ruling out any possibility of this data coming from any errors, be it measurement, temperature fluctuations, etc. Making it beyond doubt, that the ether wind was real.
He wrote about his findings in his book The Anisotropy of Space below:
Specifically, i recommend reading the pages 383-429, where he examines Miller's experiments, its data, conclusions, refutations, etc. I advice that you at least take a quick glance over those 40 pages.
But, Dayton Miller was not the only person to conduct interferometer experiments after Michelson Morley.
Here is a table of some of those experiments:
table
Other Michelson experiments not listed above, that conducted measurements in complete vacuum, observed 0 fringe shifts, indicating truly null results. Those vacuum measurements were also frequently used to discredit the findings of Dayton Miller.
Yet now, we know that the observations of Dayton Miller were completely correct. How is it possible to reconcile it with the fact that the same measurements conducted in vacuum produces null results?
The answer was find by a Russian scientist in 1968. Victor Demjanov was a young scientist back then, studying in a university, preparing his thesis. He was working with Michelson interferometers, when he noticed something.
In the image above, do you see the trend? 3 out of 4 measurements conducted in air measured the ether wind of about 8km/s. With only Michelson-Pease-Person experiment being an outlier. All measurements conducted in helium yielded consistently lower results. And measurements conducted in vacuum yielded 0 results.
Demjanov noticed that the shift in the fringes increased, as you increased the amount of air particles inside the Michelson interferometer, increased the density of air inside the interferometer. Finding out that the fringe measurement amount depended on properties of the medium inside the interferometer, on the amount of particles, and the type of particles, inside it.
He thus reconciled all the interferometer experiments, rendering them all correct, including the findings of Dayton Miller. Because the reason air, helium, and vacuum presented different results of fringe measurements, was because of the different dielectric properties those mediums had.
You can read about his experiment in his english paper here:
[will share the link in the comments later, reddit seems to have a problem with russian links]
Excerpt from the english paper above:
“Under a non-zero shift of interference fringe the MI uniquely the following are identified:
- the reality of the polarizing of non-inert aether substance, which has no entropy relations with inert particles of matter;
- the anisotropy of the speed of light in absolutely moving IRS formed a dynamic mixture of translational motion of particles in the MI and immobile aether;
- the absolute motion of the IRS and methods of its measurement with the help of MI with orthiginal arms;
- isotropy of the aether without particle (isotropy of pure "physical vacuum").
Thus, nobody will be able to measure directly isotropy of pure vacuum, because the shift of fringe will be absent without inertial particles polarising by light. ”
He this showed that light is anisotropic only in vacuum, but not in other mediums. He thus claims that ether does exist.
If he figured out such an important thing, that has huge implications to rethink alot of the fundamental laws of physics, including relativity, why haven’t we heard of him sooner?
Because he was banned from publishing his findings.
Here is the translation of a short portion from his russian paper below, page 42:
[will share this link separately in the comments too, reddit seems to have a problem with russian links]
“When I announced that I would defend my doctorate based on my discoveries, my underground department was closed, my devices were confiscated, I was fired from scientific sector No. 9 of the FNIPHKhI, with a non-disclosure agreement about what I was doing, with a strict prohibition to publish anything or complain anywhere. I tried to complain, but it would have been better for me not to do so. More than 30 years have passed since then, and I, considering myself to have fulfilled the obligations I had assumed and now free from the subscriptions I made then, am publishing in the new Russia, free from the old order, what has been fragmentarily preserved in rough drafts and in memory.”
The non-disclosure agreement lasted 30 years from 1970s, so he was only able to start publishing his findings in 2000s, after the collapse of USSR, when he was already very old and frail, after which he shortly perished due to his old age.
Declan Traill recently also observed the same dependence of the shift of fringes on the medium.
“However, when an optical medium (such as a gas) is introduced into the optical path in the interferometer, the calculations of the light path timing are altered such that they do not have the same values in the parallel and perpendicular interferometer arm directions.”
So Einstein was wrong when he claimed that Michelson–Morley experiment gave null results, and when he assumed that the data of Dayton Miller was erroneous.
Here is a proof of the RH, and its been under debate whether it is a valid thing to use in chaos theory. A lot of my hypotheses require the RH to be true and correct. This is not an AI document, my ownership and what formatting was done in on my Research Gate. If there are any questions let me know. This is pivotal for physics if this math is correct.
I've been looking at some Penrose diagrams and just have a crazy what if. Basically, the standard picture tells us the universe will eventually reach maximum entropy - all energy spread out, temperatures equalized, no useful work possible. But this assumes our current physics remains constant for ~10^100 years.
Meanwhile, particle physics tells us our Higgs vacuum might be metastable. The field could tunnel to a lower energy state, completely rewriting the laws of physics. Current calculations suggest this is unlikely on cosmic timescales, but what if we're missing something?
What if "heat death" isn't thermal equilibrium at all, but Higgs vacuum decay - a complete geometric rewriting of spacetime itself?
Essentially, what if a black hole creates a baby universe and the Hawking radiation of said black hole determines the flow of entropy in the baby universe? Once the parent black hole fully dissipates, the baby universe is dead-- the Higgs field reaches a vacuum state and levels everything in the universe. Is this how the Higgs field works? I need some more insight on the namesake theory.
