Consciousness of the Real

Zoom on quantum space-time showing the elementary cell called spation, with extreme physical properties: mass 10^-49 g, size 10^-35 m, duration 10^-44 s, action 10^-34 Js, pressure 10^67 kPa and density 10^58 kg per cubic meter.

The six-dimensional hyper-volume (6D) would correspond to a cosmic domain: it is from this domain that what we call space-time would emerge. But this space-time would not be a continuum, as classical physics still assumes, but a quantum structure composed of discrete cells. These cells — referred to as spations — would constitute the elementary unit of space-time. Each one would represent a quantum of space, time, mass, and energy — that is, a fragment of space-time.

The spaton is not a particle, but a structural cell, a fundamental unit. Its average size would be on the order of 10^-35 meters, its traversal time by a wave about 10^-44 seconds, its mass approximately 10^-49 grams, and its elementary energy equivalent to 10^-34 joules — which is precisely Planck's constant (h). These values define the threshold below which our classical concepts of time, space, mass, or energy cease to have isolated meaning.

Spations would be in constant agitation, compressed against one another in extreme density, mutually exerting a pressure on the order of 10⁶⁷ kPa (over ten billion billion billion billion billion billion pascals). Similarly, their mass density would reach values around 10⁵⁸ kg/m³, making the very concept of "vacuum" highly relative: what we commonly refer to as "the vacuum of space" would, in reality, be empty only of ordinary matter — not of real substance.

Now, if we accept that energy is quantized, then Einstein's equation E = mc² implies that mass is also quantized: the existence of a quantum of energy implies the existence of a quantum of mass, and therefore of a quantum of space-time. This means that matter cannot be divided infinitely: beyond a certain threshold, one no longer obtains particles, but spations. And it is these spations, according to this model, that constitute the substrate of all that exists.

But before addressing matter itself, it is essential to explore certain specific properties of space-time — or at least some functional ways of representing it — in order to better understand how matter, energy, and fundamental forces may emerge from it.

Dynamic Viscosity of Space-Time

Diagram showing two layers of spations, where the lower layer drags the upper one, with decreasing coupling as speed increases.

The cellular medium composed of spations would not be rigid, but endowed with a dynamic viscosity. This means that the cells of space-time can slide relative to one another — but not without interaction: any local movement within the medium causes a jostling effect, a transmission or resistance to motion.

Concretely, when a group of spations is set in motion, it drags its neighbors along. This moving group encounters a form of internal resistance — a viscosity — similar to that of a very dense fluid. However, this behavior is not linear: as long as the differential speed between two zones of the medium remains below a certain threshold, the viscosity is stronger — as if the medium resists slow movement more than rapid movement. Conversely, beyond this threshold, the slippage becomes freer, almost without resistance.

As a result, it is not only mass or energy that resists a change of state, but space-time itself, as a dynamic substrate. This property is crucial: it makes possible the transmission of an impulse, the propagation of a wave, the conservation of motion — in short, mechanics as we know it. Without this viscosity, there would be no memory of motion, no inertia, no delayed interaction.

Sub-Spatial Interactions

Representation of quantum space-time with its fluctuations (left) and internal interconnections between spations (right).

The immense energy fluctuations observed in the quantum vacuum cannot be explained solely by local interactions between spations, as in the case of heated gas confined within a container. One must consider deeper, more fundamental interactions, which could be described as sub-spatial, because they precede and transcend the simple geometric structure of space-time.

Each spation, let us recall, is not an isolated object, but a three-dimensional interface of a being in six dimensions. Its state — its shape, size, apparent mass, its presence — is therefore not fixed, but fluctuating, entangled with those of countless other spations in the universe. This means that a pressure exerted locally on a spation could be transmitted instantaneously elsewhere, to other spations, even at great distances.

These sub-spatial interactions would form a hidden, non-local network, responsible for exchanges of energy and information that no longer obey the classical limits of propagation in space or time. It is this deep entanglement between spations that would be at the origin of quantum boiling: a state of perpetual fluctuation, where presence and absence, expansion and contraction, emergence and disappearance follow one another at a scale beyond our usual representations.

In other words, the quantum vacuum would not be empty, but a foam of ultra-connected existence, in constant effervescence, where every event, however small, affects the whole.

Inflareaction

In a liquid, when a force is applied to a volume, the displaced fluid particles continue to move for a moment after the impulse, carried by their own inertia. This is a well-known dynamic. But if space-time is composed of spations, and these are made of THAT, the dynamics are no longer the same.

Five-step illustration of inflareation: 1. initial state, 2. space deformation by applied force, 3. THAT fills the space, 4. vertical concentration, 5. horizontal expansion. Depicts the hypothetical mechanism of inflareation.

When a force is exerted in space-time, it locally contracts the spations. But unlike a classical fluid, this does not leave a void. The substance of the real — THAT — by its very nature, immediately fills any reduction in density. This results in a borrowing of density from the rest of the universe. It momentarily increases the pressure and density in that region.

But this reaction is not purely passive. The resulting surplus rebounds, exerts a reverse thrust, and initiates a self-reinforcing dynamic. This contraction-expansion loop, with an amplifying rebound effect, is called inflareaction.

This phenomenon accounts for how a local disturbance can transform into an energetically coherent event, capable of self-organization and potentially of persistence — like a particle, a wave, or a quantum of interaction.

Inflareaction thus constitutes a fundamental mechanism for the generation of form, energy, memory, and identity in space-time. It could play a central role in the emergence of particles, forces, and, more broadly, in the quantum dynamics of the universe.

Visualization of space-time curvature caused by the differential sliding of two layers of spations. Inset shows compressed hexagonal cells at the friction interface. The degree of intercellular jostling determines internal pressure and curvature.

When two layers of spations slide over one another, their differential velocity determines the degree of intercellular jostling. And, as we've seen, the greater the jostling, the more internal pressure is exerted by the spations through inflareaction.

Thus, up to a certain point, the smaller the velocity differential — meaning the more the layers are forced to move together without freeing themselves from each other — the higher the local density and pressure. On a macroscopic scale, this translates into an increase in the curvature of space-time. What appears to be a continuous deformation of a fabric is, in this model, the aggregated effect of micro-interactions between compressed, sliding spations constantly seeking equilibrium.