Rethinking the void

Conventional scientific understanding regards space as a vacuum-a lifeless, empty void punctuated by celestial bodies. This paper explores an alternative interpretation: that space, like the atmosphere above water for a fish, is simply a layer we are biologically unequipped to comprehend. Drawing on analogies between marine life and human experience, as well as insights from quantum physics, astrobiology, cognitive science, and philosophy of perception, this work posits that what we perceive as "empty space" may be a higher-dimensional medium, potentially alive or life-bearing in forms beyond human perception. The paper further speculates that planetary bodies may function as organisms, with surface life akin to microbiota on and within those planetary beings.