The Candle and the Bonfire: A Binary View of Reality, from Then to Then

We propose a binary view of Reality. Its premise is that Reality is material and that its first pair is matter and motion. Its principle is that every material pair in nature is one thing with two faces, made together, unmade together, and never found with one face alone. Its method is a single question put to every subject: what is the other face of this? From this follows an account of the universe from then to then. The Big Bang was the release face of a galactic accumulator. Our universe has an antimatter sister. Gravity and entropy are names for outcomes, and motion is the player. Energy is constrained motion. The end is a storing, and a store is what a beginning comes from. We set the account beside the observational record, including reports of a preferred direction in cosmic expansion, and meet the principal objections. The paper's mission is to let thought precede data and mathematics. Created by David Rees Brown. Described by Claude (Anthropic), an AI assistant.