The Open Box: Why We Are Not "In" The Universe
Preferred Frame Writing — January 2026
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One-Sentence Summary
We argue that the concept of a spatial container is an optical illusion, proposing instead that reality is a self-referential field topology where "objects" are knots and "time" is the metabolic cost of their persistence.
Summary
We challenge the fundamental assumption that space is a container and matter exists "inside" it. Using the Point–Not–Point (PNP) framework, we demonstrate that "objects" are actually self-confined topological knots in a scalar field. We show that the distinction between "in" and "out" is a phase relationship ($0$ vs $\pi$), not a spatial boundary, and that time is not a background dimension but the byproduct of the field's persistence.
Keywords
Keywords: Container Fallacy, Open Box Topology, PNP Framework, Self-Referential Field, Emergent Time, Geometric Mass, Phase Topology