About the Universe

If you have made it this far through the website, congratulations. I applaud your tenacity.

What follows cannot be found in science textbooks.

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Fortunately, there is a novel.

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In The Trivial Matter of the Universe, there is no Universe. There is only infinite nothingness containing the possibility of a universe.

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The fact that everyone is living inside that probability of existence does not seem to be a major concern to anybody real or imagined.

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Well, not until Felix Culpa comes along.

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To understand this, and possibly less, try a thought experiment.

​You are in a room with no light. It is completely dark. That is the void that surrounds the universe. Ask yourself: is there a chair in the room? You have now created the possibility of the chair or perhaps a universe. From the chair's point of view, it is very real and you are just a probability. Until you go and stub your toe on it. 

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The Trivial Universe exists in much the same way: not because the odds favour it, but because infinite nothingness contains every possibility.

When that possibility becomes a near certainty, the Universe tunnels out of zero. The problem with a near certainty is that distance is relative.

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The science behind it

This fictional premise is inspired by Alexander Vilenkin’s proposal that a universe might emerge through quantum tunnelling from nothing.

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To find out more, study physics at school, go to university, complete a master’s degree, earn a doctorate and finally become a professor.

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There may be a quicker way, but it probably involves surgery and implants.