The limits of the Light Speed limit are known to apply to this universe, but there is no reason for them to apply anywhere else. In fact, there is no real reason for them to apply anywhere. A universe implies ‘all that is known.’ Anything unknown is, therefore, outside of the universe. Most of what we know about the rest of the universe in which we live is a collection of assumptions that, based upon having a single creator, the behavior of the universe, in law and properties, will be consistent throughout the universe.

That being said, what if the Light Speed limit is a property limited to this universe? What if you could move into another universe in which there was no Light Speed Limit? Hyperspace is just such a logical shortcut to warp space travel. If you cannot get up past Light Speed around here, then you move into a universe where the speed limit is higher. We do this with traffic all the time.

Imagine that out universe had 1 billion points per centimeter. That would be very large points, but this is a model to show a point and not an actual model of the universe. This model is clearly not to scale. If, as I earlier theorized, the light speed limit is based upon the face that the universe is built on a fabric of finite sized point-moments, then the size of these points would determine how fast the speed of light is. Look at that centimeter in a universe where there are only 1 million points in that same centimeter because the points are bigger.

This results in that centimeter being shorter. Change lanes into this universe, and you are moving 1,000 times as fast even though your speedometer stays at the same value. When you come back into this universe, you will have moved 1,000 times as far. Therefore, the speed of light, in absolute terms, would be 1,000 times as fast in this alternate universe.

Seeing point-moments as little chunks of space that last a small amount of time helps to visualize the theory. This may not be the actual structure of the system. In reality, you could only see the point-moments from absolute space outside of the universes involved. From our perspective, the only thing that we would notice is a distinct limit on how fast you can move through time and space.

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