Tarry, parry, quarry, carry, sorry, larry, marry, worry: To know or not to know that is the next question. What is in common between preoccupation and procrastination? None, what is the difference? The first is equivalent to reserved potential energy the second is to delayed action of kinetic energy. Their sum is total energy: a lasting law of the universe known as the law of energy conservation implying time symmetry invariance. If this law is absolutely false then the universe will expand forever. If absolutely true then the universe will eventually contract. If relatively true then the theory of general relativity makes sense. If relatively false then quantum mechanics makes sense.

One compromising position is for the law to be absolutely relatively true but not relatively absolutely false. A physical theory responding to this compromised space-time geometry would assert that space-time is both continuous and discrete simultaneously. It is conscious of its own positive consciousness but not conscious of its own negative consciousness. The universe knows to expand forever but is ignorant that it must also contract in order to expand forever. If a universe started out with just two protons a distance apart then for point protons this distance is always of infinite extent. But for extended protons this distance gets longer and longer while their sizes remain constant. Both space and time measurements are determined absolutely or relatively according to Lorentz transformations. A physical theory satisfying all these is known as the theory of proximity between zero and infinity.