OT - Scientific proof that there is no afterlife!

[dogscoff]

Reconcile the fact that space and time exist but are not made up of energy or matter.

Well, I would argue that space and time are simply abstract terms used as "containers" for matter and energy. They are abstracts defined by the matter and energy that occupy them, and could not exist without them.

Put it this way: There is no such thing as a "forest"- it's an abstract- an entirely human invention. Accepting for argument's sake that there is such a thing as a tree, just giving a bunch of trees the name �forest� does not necessarily mean that there is such a thing as a forest. It's just a container for a bunch of trees.

Of course you can (quite rightly) argue the same thing for the whole of language being a metaphor , (and therefore that there is no "tree" either) but I think when you are talking about physical fundamentals like matter and energy you can get around this and say with confidence that matter and energy are about the only things that definitely do exist whether you have a name for them or not. Space and time are just terms we use to contain them.

BTW, spoons and sporks are an entirely different question.