We cannot see the entire universe. Only what is within the visible horizon. We see galaxies far away, moving away from us, a red shift in the visible light, indicating they are moving farther away. So if we see a Galaxy 4.5 billion light years away, we really see it was 4.5 billion years ago because that’s where it was when it emitted the light we’re seeing, meaning we were closer to it 4.5 billion light years ago, but since that time the universe expanded, making it much farther away than what we currently see. Meaning, the light it is currently giving off, in our present, potentially could never reach us, depending on the rate of expansion, as we’re moving too far away as the universe expands. This is scientifically proven, that we only can see as far as light could travel to us. So anything outside this range, we will never be able to see. What if our part of the universe is expanding, but there are other parts of the universe so far away that they didn’t start from the same big bang that we think to be the whole universe, and that the big bang theory only applies to our portion (our visible universe) of the universe.
We intuit the Big Bang Theory based on the expansion of the visible universe, and conclude, based on the red shift of light, that it all originated in one point in space. But, the necessary limitation to this theory, is we make the assumption that the entire universe, even that outside of our visual field, also originated from this point. It is entirely possible, that our corner of the universe, that is visible and able to be mathematically deduced to the theory of the Big Bang, is not the entire universe. It is possible, that there are areas so far outside our range, that if we could gather data on, could point to a different origination, or possibly to eternity.
We can’t record data on parts of the universe that we can’t possibly come in contact with. What if these unrecorded parts of the universe point to a different beginning than the Big Bang, which only accounts to our visible universe based on the data we have of. We would never be able to approve or disprove this theory, because there never could possibly be evidence of galaxies that are so far away, our expanding portion of the universe makes them expand away from us faster than the speed of light, it only could be proven if a Galaxy previously not within our visible portion, that couldn’t previous be seen, was now seen moving into our visible universe from some unknown outside space. Could it be possible that there are parts of the universe that were, are, and will be, never visible to us? Even at our intuited Big Bang, they were so far away that even light couldn’t travel far enough to reach us, and after the Big Bang, they just got farther away?
For any given extension of space relative to any other extension of Space, there are four dimensions intuitable at play, and possibly more, according to different theories in theoretical physics. Everything, including a human, occupies a specific position within the three space dimensions (x,y,z coordinated); as in people can’t be standing in the same spot, only one set of particles (strings, wave function manifestations) can occupy a given x,y,z coordinate location relative to a given time. What if we all occupy different time dimensions as well, just like we all occupy different space dimensions? What if what my “present” is, is a unique dimension only I am contained in? It seems as if there is evidence for this, and a logical coherence with the laws of physics as thus far understood, and it is potentially more than just a hypothetical state of affairs. Why do we all assume we are in the same position within the time dimension?
If we are the only ones occupying our current position in the spatial dimensions, why do people commonly assume we all are in the same time dimension as well? It makes more sense for us to have a unique time dimension. My “present” might contain the past or future for a different individual consciousness. If time is relative in the sense that for the individual, or bubble of space, (this theory isn’t applicable to only people or consciousnesses, but to any set amount of matter, or space, or particle, etc.) the time flows slower or faster depending on mass and speed of the bubble in movement, and every person, every piece of matter, is moving at different speeds, and affected by different masses (these are extremely small differences for humans but over time, and over larger distances, compounded and differentiated). We must not forget that the entire span our lives these speeds and masses vary according to the individual, or set of space which we are contemplating, thus compounding, speeding, slowing, in effect also the 2nd law of thermodynamics applies here, we are all increasing entropy within our own space, at different rates (of time and energy use), increasing randomness and entropy of the entire system, but differentiated depending on the space in question.
We end up with our current experience of the present moment, which is compounded by the entire “past” that is relative to us, what the universe compounded up till our birth, and what we and our “space” compounded up to the present moment, making a very unique situation for us, different from any other “space”, “individual” or “consciousness”. Isn’t it right to say that we all are occupying a different time? Whether it is a small or large difference isn’t the necessary point here. Over billions of years, the particles / molecules / atoms / strings, etc., all move and are affected in a unique way, namely by mass and speed as Einstein postulated, and is detailed by the space time physics we have on hand, thus eventually constituting our (individual) current “present moment” as experienced phenomenologically as my “now”. Being our awareness of our consciousness, wouldn’t we all be located in a different now? To make this more clearly stated, my now, my present moment, what I am aware of in this current moment, isn’t the same present moment for any other consciousness experiencing their respective presents. This is setting aside the obvious lag between what sensory / mental data enters consciousness producing our conception of the “present”. Set aside that it takes light a few nanoseconds to reach our eyes, then a few milliseconds to be processed to the brain and presented to our consciousness – the exact speed of this process is itself unique to the individual (another point in favor of the theory, that itself stands alone in proving different time dimensions for each consciousness)– entailing that our now is really a view and experience of the past. Set all this aside.
What we are currently experiencing as the present, all factors including, cannot contain another consciousness experiencing the same present. As a thought experiment, imagine an identical twin, who lived the exact same life as you, a clone. In your present moment, you imagine that the processing of the brain of the clone is exactly the same speed, he has been acted upon by all the same physics throughout his life, and is currently conscious of the exact same present moment. Now imagine any other consciousness or piece of matter in the universe. They have not been acted upon by the same factors, they do not share the same physical system giving rise to consciousness, their brain is not the same, their speed, or amount moved, both as an individual and even on a minute microscopic level, (the amount of vibration or agitation in energy constituting each string / particle / combination of, expounding from the microscopic to the macroscopic) does not exactly match ours. Thus, everyone, and everything is in a different time dimension.
What is my now is my now alone, what my consciousness is currently experiencing as the present moment is not the same present moment for any other consciousness. This is assuming that we are not in a solipsistic universe, which would be a whole other unfalsifiable claim which I’m not assuming for logical probability reasons, in this theory there truly is other consciousnesses (I believe to be true), there are other people experiencing what it is like to be who they are in the present moment, the only thing is, their present moment is either in the past or in the future relative to ours, and vice versa. Thus we are alone in our present. It is possible that this more than just unfalsifiable, as we don’t have reason to believe that the usual common sense view is more likely, due to the scientific basis upon the fundamental physics of space time and its fluctuation based on mass and speed. If we didn’t have this evidence, then the theory would merely be unfalsifiable, a possibility, but the findings of Einstein provide a mathematical basis for the claim, more than just a philosophical justification.