The Shotgun Theory of the Universe: A Mechanical Framework for Gravitational Pressure and Cosmic Momentum

The Shotgun Theory of the Universe provides an alternative cosmological framework that replaces abstract, non-intuitive concepts—such as gravitational attraction ("pulling" forces) and time dilation—with tangible, macroscopic mechanical processes. By positing that the observable universe is a high-velocity, synchronized cluster of matter traveling through an omnipresent physical substrate (The Great Drift), this theory models gravity as an external inward pressure, light bending as material refraction, and black holes as kinetic impact zones colliding with the remnants of extinct universes. In this model, time remains a universal, unchanging constant.