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That is, there had to be evidence of this energy at the time, and most theorists agreed that the bes between stars and galaxies as well. | had studied quite | approach to deal with this anomaly was to reinstate a a bit of cosmology by then, and at the time there was _ constant that was first used by Einstein. He had added zero evidence of this energy being present at the _ this fudge factor, called the cosmological constant, in his cosmological level. early mathematical expressions to make the Universe Nevertheless, I was in a highly creative mode, _ static (which was believed to be the case at the time). | elaborating on many of the foundations that eventually | was later removed when astronomer Edwin Hubble brought me to form the various scientific papers | have discovered that the Universe was expanding, as written. Einstein's equations would predict, without the fudge From the sense I was getting from my studies of both factor. Now astronomers reinstated the cosmologica ancient civilisations and advanced physics, this vacuum constant in such a way as to make the Universe energy could not be completely random. It had to have accelerate as it expanded. The fudge factor was back. structure, some kind of geometry, and most likely it was This eventually was dubbed “dark energy", and it wasn’ polarised—that is, spin was involved. And it was these until very recently that it started to be associated with thoughts that eventually he vacuum energy. For brought me to add a WA me, however, that was an fundamental force to easy and obvious leap, as Einstein's field equations ad already expected tha in order to show that he polarised Coriolis space-time, in addition to dynamics of the vacuum curving to produce structure would produce gravitation, twisted as such an effect on the well—like water going universal expansion and down the drain—to ¢€ rotation. produce the spin of all , So the vacuum energy 4 organised matter from was there at all scales, galaxies to stars and even although in various to subatomic particles. densities—a gradient in That twisting of space the structure of space would imply that space itself. Was the vacuum itself was imbued with dividing at specific gyroscopic and Coriolis Casimir densities from extremely effects that needed to be plates Vacuum large to extremely small? fluctuations And if the vacuum energy was essentially infinitely included in Einstein's geometrisation of space and time. Yet if this torque dense, and all scales really was present, then we contained vacuum—since should be able to detect it at the cosmological level. even the atom itself (as we saw earlier) contains a large I will always remember the day when this confirmation percentage of vacuum—then each of all the atoms fell into my lap. It must have been around the late inevitably contained enough mass-energy to be 1990s, when I was in Joshua Tree National Park where! — considered a black hole. The Universe had to be black liked to spend part of the winter climbing and studying. holes, from all the way up—the Universe that we're in, Typically | would go in and stay for weeks at a time for example—to all the way down. With this concept, before my supplies ran out and I would have to come _ eventually coined the term "black whole". out again to get a little bit of shopping done. My budgets were quite restricted (on average, $3,000 a_ A Black Hole Universe year), so | would buy a very minimal amount of food (I While pursuing various readings at the time and mostly lived on prana—vacuum energy) but almost every _ looking at the currently accepted mass of our Universe, time | would buy popular science magazines to keep in _ realised that the Universe as a whole obeyed the touch with the latest scientific discoveries. condition that described a black hole. Later on, with the So on a beautiful morning after one such expedition help of Dr Elizabeth Rauscher and afterwards Dr Michae' the night before and then after my ritual climb, | saton | Hyson, we developed various scaling graphs tha Casimir Plates (Source: commons.wikimedia.org) the edge of the stairs of my van and opened what I recall — supported the concept of a fractal black hole Universe. was an issue of Astronomy magazine. And there it was: Remarkably, after some 20 years of being almost alone astronomers had found evidence that the Universe was __ in thinking that we may live in a black hole Universe, not only expanding, but was also accelerating as it did so. and in the middle of writing this article, popular science This discovery produced a large amount of controversy reports appeared that elaborated on the research of a Casimir Plates (Source: commons.wikimedia.org) A Black Hole Universe While pursuing various readings at the time and looking at the currently accepted mass of our Universe, | realised that the Universe as a whole obeyed the condition that described a black hole. Later on, with the help of Dr Elizabeth Rauscher and afterwards Dr Michael Hyson, we developed various scaling graphs that supported the concept of a fractal black hole Universe. Remarkably, after some 20 years of being almost alone in thinking that we may live in a black hole Universe, and in the middle of writing this article, popular science reports appeared that elaborated on the research of a JUNE - JULY 2010 NEXUS ¢ 45 www.nexusmagazine.com