I presented this idea before but not as a topic starter.
The main premises are; the speed of light is the ground state or zero state of the universe. All departure from this ground state reference sets a potential with the ground state. All dynamics of the universe can be explained as the universe lowering potential, with the ground state, as it tries to return to the ground state.
The reason the speed of light was chosen as the ground state, is C is the only absolute reference we know and is the same in all inertial references. There is no need for fudge factors because of relative references. I suppose C makes it harder to do science magic tricks.
As examples of how these premises integrates everything easily, gravity causes space-time to contract, which move mass in the direction of the speed of light reference. The C reference is most closely approximated by the black hole. Gravity reflects the main path for mass to return to the ground state reference.
Mass cannot go the speed of light based on special relativity. Gravity is an alternate path to C via space-time.
Stars contract space-time toward the reference of C, but since they lack sufficient mass it go all the way, they make use of an alternate path back to C, which is fusion and mass burn back to C.
The remaining forces if nature propagate at C, and all give off energy as they lower potential.
The main premises are; the speed of light is the ground state or zero state of the universe. All departure from this ground state reference sets a potential with the ground state. All dynamics of the universe can be explained as the universe lowering potential, with the ground state, as it tries to return to the ground state.
The reason the speed of light was chosen as the ground state, is C is the only absolute reference we know and is the same in all inertial references. There is no need for fudge factors because of relative references. I suppose C makes it harder to do science magic tricks.
As examples of how these premises integrates everything easily, gravity causes space-time to contract, which move mass in the direction of the speed of light reference. The C reference is most closely approximated by the black hole. Gravity reflects the main path for mass to return to the ground state reference.
Mass cannot go the speed of light based on special relativity. Gravity is an alternate path to C via space-time.
Stars contract space-time toward the reference of C, but since they lack sufficient mass it go all the way, they make use of an alternate path back to C, which is fusion and mass burn back to C.
The remaining forces if nature propagate at C, and all give off energy as they lower potential.