It’s 2:30am here, and I’m barely alive. So, I’m letting my inner edgy teenager out.
Have you ever wondered about the “intentions” of God, Universe, Mother Nature, or whatever superior power you believe in?
Yes, we’re going there today.
And, I think I’ve finally figured it out!
Also no, I’m not trying to start a cult. Too much competition these days, anyway!
However, what I have realized is one of the most disturbing discoveries (of course, not made by me) about the universe. Well, at least to me, it is.
And it’s quite straightforward really: The universe doesn’t want us in it!
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Not just us. Animals, plants, planets, stars, galaxies – you name it, the universe hates it.
So, what does it want then? Well, nothing!
I mean, literally “nothing.” Space. Emptiness. The unending vacuum.
The universe loves emptiness so much that it’s actively creating more of it. Space between galaxies is expanding on the large scale.
Matter itself is an aberration in this universe – an infinitesimal, insignificant anomaly.
Even the oddity that is matter is mostly space. You’ve probably heard that the atom is 100,000 times bigger than the atomic nucleus. So, that’s all matter really is – the nucleus and a few electrons. The rest is just space, even within the atom.
If you stack pure matter together without any space in-between, there’s almost negligible matter.
Think of it like this. Sun’s radius is about 696,340km. We call it an average star, but let’s be real. It’s a colossal giant in comparison to anything in the solar system.
Yet, it’s mostly empty space too because it’s made of ionic atoms. If we compress it to such an extent that there’s no empty space in-between subatomic particles, it will turn into a black hole of just 3km radius.
That’s how much matter really exists within the Sun.
And don’t even get me started on the Earth. It would measure less than 1cm or one-third of an inch. That’s smaller than your fingernail!
I cannot stress this enough: there’s very little matter in the universe!
And that little bit of matter is in a state of perpetual decay.
One way or the other, all matter we know is getting converted into radiation at different rates.
Stars, planet, and even black holes are not safe from this cosmic decay.
Eventually, in the far far future, all matter in the universe – including all black holes – will be converted into radiation.
The universe will finally get what it wants. It will be left with vast emptiness, with literally nothing in it and nothing happening in it.
We are the unwanted guests of an indifferent universe that’s just waiting for everything to die so that it can sleep undisturbed forever!