The Existence of Things

In the Velcro universe, the existence of things boils down to an excess of energy.

The only way energy can be stored in such a universe is through size. With more energy than can be stored in photons and neutrinos alone, there is a need for larger structures, and the larger structures come in the form of inertial matter.

Inertial matter in turn comes in two fundamental forms. Inertial matter is either an electron or a proton. Protons in turn can combine with electrons and neutrinos to produce larger structures still. In this way we get a large array of atoms, all with their own size. These are the chemicals of the periodic table.

An excess of energy, combined with the impossibility of energy existing anywhere outside matter, results in the universe as we know it.