SPIN NETWORKS

Over the past decades, a field of physics has developed that postulates the existence of mysterious algebraic entities called spin networks. These networks- proposed as the constituent stuff of space and time- condensed to produce the Universe as we know it. That condensation resulted in the event we currently call the Big Bang, giving the field its name; condensate cosmology. The idea, technically termed "Group Field Theory, (GFT) condensate cosmology, is a branch of quantum gravity, a field of physics that aims to establish the fundamentals of what everything from light and matter to space and time is made of. It is an idea based completely on theoretical calculations and is totally untested for now. Condensate cosmology requires a great deal of abstract reasoning to even try to understand it. Group Field Theory condensate cosmology proposes that the Universe as we know it came about through a kind of hydrodynamic condensation process. You can think of GFT condensate cosmology as being analogous to steam. Steam is a phase in which the entities which constitute all of space- or atoms of space as we call them- can find themselves condensing into water, which is our analogy for space-time.