The Tetrahedral Universe Model

The Tetrahedral Universe Model arose (like almost all of these theories) out of another argument between me and Nick. I made the statement of how space-time was curved (near the end of another Anti-nuke debate), and Nick challenged me to prove it. I had briefly forgotten the reason, but assured him there was one. The next day, Nick told me that he had put on his website how he had finally beaten me in an argument. I responded by giving him the reason why space-time must be curved, and eventually negotiated it down to Nick having won two-fifths of an argument.

(By the way, the reason I gave was, if the universe was expanding, then it must not be infinite; you can't get bigger than infinity. However, what happens when you get to the edge of the universe? The only possible way for the universe to avoid this sort of huge problem would be if the universe loops round on itself. For this to happen, the universe must be curved round. The most logical shape for the universe to be would be a sphere, although other people have suggested that the universe is other shapes, such as doughnut- or banana-shaped.)

(If you're American and think that I just spelled 'donut' wrong, I haven't. This is a UK website (even if it's on US web hosting), and it's you Americans that spell it wrong.)

(No offence.)

(By the way, I'm sure Einstein used another reason in his Theory of Relativity, but I can't remember what it is.)

However, this also led to Nick producing his own theory, which contained the reasoning I had given him about the universe looping round on itself. However, he also reasoned from the ancient phrase about the 'four corners of the world'. A tetrahedron (or triangle-based pyramid) has four corners (or vertices), therefore the universe must be a tetrahedron!

(Although the phrase is actually the 'four corners of the earth', mentioned in Isaiah 11:12 and Revelation 20:8, which could just as easily be translated as four angles (directions - N, E, S, W) or quarters (NE, SE, SW, NW). We know the earth is (mostly) spherical (although it does actually have four 'protuberances in the geoid', or bumps (corners), at 55°N 10°W (near Ireland), 50°S 48°E (near South America), 15°N 140°E (near the Philippines), and 18°S 80°W (near Peru) .)

(Or is the earth really round? Click here to go to the Flat Earth Conspiracy Theory.)

If you think I'm using too many brackets, don't worry. I've almost finished. You won't have to put up with them for much longer.

One of the more abstract features of this theory is the idea that the tetrahedral universe is inside another, much larger universe, which is also tetrahedral. Inside this larger universe are various other tetrahedral universes. The larger universe is one of many larger universes, all of which are inside an even larger universe, and so on. There is an infinite series of these universes in universes.

(The most unusual thing about these groups of universes is how, according to Nick, they were somehow created by being cooked in an oven, 'like cookies' (or biscuits, as we normally call them in Britain). However, this is more of a 'Domestic Chemistry' sort of thing than a 'Random Theory of Everything' sort of thing, so we'll ignore it.)

One question about this theory is what makes the universes tetrahedral. If you've ever tried making pyramid-shaped biscuits, you'll know how hard it is to make them stay pyramid-shaped. (If you ever have, and I'm completely wrong about this, let me know via the survey.)

Another thing is, are there any tetrahedral universes inside this one? It would be really strange if the sequence of universes in universes just happened to stop, especially in the only universe in which anyone thought of the idea. If there are, where are they? If not, how can we ever tell if this theory is true or not?

Finally, if there are an infinite number of universes, then wouldn't it be a bit pointless to call them universes, as the 'uni' bit comes from the Latin word 'unus', meaning 'one'?

Nick, if you've got any answers to these questions, let me know.

(If you're not Nick, ignore that last paragraph.)

Answered Questions

       One question about this theory is what makes the universes tetrahedral.

A giant universal-scale cookie moulder.

       Are there any tetrahedral universes inside this one?

Yes, but the centre of this universe, where the next universe is located out of the way of the earth's current stellar travel abilities.

      It would be really strange if the sequence of universes in universes just happened to stop, especially in the only universe in which anyone thought of the idea.

Well it doesn’t, but if it did I’d say coincidence.

       If there are, where are they?

The centre of this universe. (Try looking it up on Multimap or Google Earth … I mean Google Universe.)

       Finally, if there are an infinite number of universes, then wouldn't it be a bit pointless to call them universes, as the 'uni' bit comes from the Latin word 'unus', meaning 'one'?

Nope. the Latin people stole it off the anti-nukes. They created Anti-Nukan (the proper name for Latin), and Unus actually means Pyramid-Shaped Biscuits. The Latin People were just lying about it because they changed small bits of the language to avoid copyright laws.