: It's anthropic not anthropocentric. Time is not : a dimension like spatial dimensions it is : totally different. The gravitational field is : spacetime and there can be no gravitational field : without matter because matter is is a manifesting : of the field. Absolute nothingness is : concept that is very difficult to imagine : because nothingness is nothing - no field no : matter - no time - absolutely - nothing. It most : cerainly is not empty space becaus space is : something.

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very nice to have someone intelligent explain this principle. i get a headache repeating this to people's misconceptions of the concept.