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Revision as of 19:46, 21 September 2025
Science—physics, and cosmology in particular—is engaged in the study of Nature across a very wide range of dimensional scales, from the immensely small to what are commonly considered the boundaries of the Universe itself. And we human beings, situated in the middle, observe in both directions—amazed by the immense Complexity that resides both in the infinitesimal and in the infinite.
Among the many dimensional scales and the numerous orders of magnitude, the most significant are undoubtedly those concerning the Dimensionality / Dimensions of Reality: Causality, Spatiality and Temporality. Especially the spatial and temporal dimensional scales, which—as physical quantities—permeate nearly all formalizations that constitute our understanding of Physical Reality.
Causality - Cause
The measure of the causal distance between different Structures / Forms is what we call Complexity: the quantity and quality of Action, produced by the Force acting upon the Field, required to generate that Structure, that Form. In other words, it is the amount of Information that enables the Form to exist in its Essence, in the shape / configuration it possesses at a given moment, in a specific spatial position. Complexity is challenging to quantify, as it depends on qualitative factors and on the history of the Variations undergone by the Field in producing the Form in question.
Spatiality - Space
Observing Nature from a spatial point of view, we perceive the vastness of the spectrum of observable dimensions—from the tiniest Particles of Ordinary Matter to the outermost limits of the observable Universe. Yet Nature extends spatially far beyond what we can observe—and even far beyond what we can imagine.
In the small, it reaches down to the Planck scale—and even further, toward the infinitely small. In the large, it stretches to the borders of the Universe as we currently conceive it—based on observations of a very distant past that arrive to us today and compel us to calculate immense sidereal distances.
Let's try to provide some numerical values—though in many cases these are approximate estimates, since observational data and theoretical models often offer limited precision:
- 10^-∞ meters: the continuum in Space Dimension
- 10^-35 meters: the Planck scale - Planck length
- 10^-20 to 10^-15 meters: the scale of Ordinary Matter Particles
- 10^-3 meters: the observed microwave radiation at about 2.7 K, which corresponds to a frequency of about 160.2 GHz and a wavelength approximately 2 mm, commonly named CMB - Cosmic Microwave Background. Instead of being the relics of the Big Bang, I hypothesize that it represents the black body radiation of the cosmos itself—the measured slight variations in this temperature reflect the spatial distribution of the Mass of the Dark Matter / Dark Energy components within cosmic structures (the so-called "cosmic web" with its voids, walls/sheets, filaments and nodes)
- 10^0 meters: we, the scale of magnitude of the spatial dimensions of our body, our today life objects
- 10^9 to 10^12 meters: Stars (e.g., Sun ≈ 1.4×10^9 m diameter; supergiants up to ≈ 10^12 m)
- 10^18 meters: Reference scale for interstellar distances (e.g., 1 light-year ≈ 9.46×10^15 m; 100,000 light-years ≈ 10^21 m)
- 10^20 to 10^22 meters: Galaxies (e.g., Milky Way ≈ 10^21 m across)
- 10^22 to 10^23 meters: Clusters of Galaxies (e.g., Coma Cluster ≈ 10^23 m)
- 10^23 to 10^25 meters: Nodes of the Cosmic Web — dense regions where filaments intersect, typically hosting massive galaxy clusters
- 10^24 to 10^25 meters: Superclusters (e.g., Laniakea ≈ 5×10^24 m)
- 10^24 to 10^26 meters: Filaments of the Cosmic Web — thread-like structures connecting clusters and superclusters, containing over 50% of the universe’s Matter
- 10^25 to 10^26 meters: Walls / Sheets of the Cosmic Web (e.g., Sloan Great Wall ≈ 1.4×10^26 m)
- 10^25 to 10^26 meters: Giant voids of the Cosmic Web (e.g., Boötes Void ≈ 2×10^25 m)
- 8.8×10^26 meters: The observable Universe in accordance with the Standard Cosmological Model
- 10^∞ meters: despite current observations and models, I hypothesize that the Universe is spatially infinite. If we were to adopt a concept widely used in contemporary science—"naturalness" (a notion I do not particularly appreciate, as it appears rather presumptuous for us to define what Nature, in its infinite complexity, can or cannot do, can or cannot be)—then we might argue that imposing limits on the spatial extension of the Reality in which we exist seems profoundly unnatural. Who—or what—could have established such limits, such boundaries? Under what principles, and for what purpose?
Resonances -> to be developed....
Temporality - Time
Also from the temporal point of view (temporal distances, intervals, durations), we observe a vast variability—from the femtosecond scale of chemical-physical reactions up to the supposed age of the Universe.
Here too, let's try to give some numbers, assuming an even greater range:
- 10^-∞ seconds: the continuum in Time Dimension
- 10^-45 seconds - The Planck scale - Planck time
- 10^-15 to 10^-12 seconds: Chemical and atomic processes — femtoseconds to picoseconds, typical of molecular vibrations and electron transitions
- 10^0 seconds: we, the scale of magnitude of the temporal dimensions of our life, our today life events
- 10^10 years -
- 10^∞ seconds:
*10^-9 to 10^-6 seconds - Biological and neurological signals — nanoseconds to microseconds, such as synaptic transmission *10^0 seconds: we, the scale of magnitude of the temporal dimensions of our life, our today life events *10^3 to 10^5 seconds - Human-scale durations — minutes, hours, days *10^7 to 10^9 seconds - Historical and geological time — years to centuries *10^17 seconds - Approximate age of the Universe — about 13.8 billion years ≈ 4.35×10^17 seconds *10^30 to 10^40 seconds - Projected cosmic future — black hole evaporation, proton decay, and deep time scenarios *10^∞ seconds: beyond all physical models, the hypothetical infinite duration of Reality
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