/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7905371

>gravity...
Gravity, as we understand it currently is a fundamental force. There's of course far more we can do and study about it, and may eventually break it down in other fundamental constituent parts, but saying "gravity just sort of happens" is akin to saying "electrons just sort of happen", it really conveys nothing.

>no idea what's beyond...
As we currently understand it, the universe is not expanding into anything. Expansion purely exists in relation to space-time which is intrinsic to our universe. The universe can't be "in" something, because "in" and location in general is only valid within space-time itself.

>your entire perception...
Plato, caves, shadows.

>quantum mechanics...
There's far more interesting things to study, but entanglement is nicely on the neat scale, I'll give you that.

>Math...
Everything works until it doesn't, that's the point of a theory, to improve.

>there are probably forces...
If it affects us, it can be modeled in some manner, and that model can eternally improved.

>we still have no idea why life became a thing...
Excluding metaphysical principles guiding ethics, which is most decidedly a philosophical and an entirely different beast than science, nothing serves a "purpose". A chain reaction of events created a situation where energy was distributed least resistantly by organic constructions. There's no "meaning", it simply happened.

>we're on a rock...
Assuming an infinite universe, everything is infinitely smaller than the whole set.

>there is literally no reason why you or I are conscious
Okay?