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Every atom in space is connected to a big machine built entirely for the purpose of connecting all the atoms in the world, and to that point the universe too and all the other universes that exist in the great sphere of space that no-one has given a name to, mostly because no-one is quite sure it actually exists, but also because the infinite is so mind-blowing that we are inclined only to give a name to something which has clear boundaries, or boundaries we have made ourselves, or boundaries we can search for without any real trouble. The trouble with creating boundaries of what exists outside the universe is that no-one is quite sure how to get there, and you can't make a map of a place no-one can get to, not even probes or robots.

Everyone in the world is interested in things, except for those rare few people who are interested in nothing at all, but I shan't bother to think about them as they aren't worth the time. People can be interested in balloons, animals, or balloon animals, or even none of the above and still have plenty of things to choose from. Some people who are interested in nothing are in fact interested in nothingness, which is paradoxically a thing; if it weren't a thing I wouldn't have been able to name it. The same is true for unicorns and jackolopes, but not true for the outside of the universe. Thus I may conclude that not all things which exist have names, and not all things that have names exist, such as jackolopes and nothingness.

The outside of the universe- let is call it Dave until NASA get their stop scientists and pragmatists together to brainstorm a better, more sci-fi friendly name- may or may not be a lovely place to spend a lazy afternoon drinking wine, or even a place to take the kids for a long weekend. Such things depend on whether Dave has gravity or an atmosphere, or whether your kids or human or four-dimensional super-beings who require such frivolities. Having four-dimensional super-beings as children may or may not make things easier on bathnight, and may or may not make bedtime more stressful for everyone involved.

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