I Never Thought I Would Be Writing Academic Papers About the Universe

When I was a child, I loved looking up at the night sky.

Back then, the stars were above my head. Looking at those distant lights, I often wondered: What is the universe? Where did it come from? Why does it exist? How does something so vast actually work?

Of course, I had no answers.

And I never imagined that, many years later, I would actually begin studying these questions myself.

My career had little to do with the universe. I have worked in Fintech, BSS, product management, and complex business systems. In my professional life, I have always been drawn to difficult problems—to finding structures within them and building frameworks to make complicated things understandable.

The universe was never part of my career plan.

In fact, just a few months ago, I never imagined that I would end up here.

It started with a few scattered thoughts.

I began thinking again about relations, organization, closure, propagation, and space. Later, I started thinking about quantum phenomena. One question led to another, and one idea opened the door to yet another question.

Gradually, these thoughts began to form a structure.

And then Universe Crystal emerged.

Looking back now, I still find it somewhat incredible.

Just a few months ago, I never imagined that I would begin writing academic papers about research on the universe.

I certainly never imagined that these thoughts would eventually become papers, and that I would one day submit them to academic journals.

So far, I have submitted three papers:

one philosophical paper on space and relational organization;

one theoretical physics paper on open textures and the formation of primary organization;

and one natural-philosophical paper on quantum phenomena.

It happened so quickly that, even now, looking back, it still feels extraordinary.

Of course, I do not know how these papers will ultimately be received.

I do not know how many of these ideas will survive, how many will need to be changed, or how many may eventually be abandoned.

But somehow, that is no longer the most important part.

What feels most remarkable to me is something much simpler:

The child who once loved looking up at the stars has, many years later, actually begun writing academic papers about the universe.

When I was young, the stars were above my head.

Now, I am trying to put them into my mind.

And because I keep thinking about them, they seem to be slowly finding their way into my heart.

Perhaps that is why I can regard studying the universe as a form of entertainment.

It is not my job. It is not an obligation. It is not a goal that I must accomplish in life.

It is simply that the question is so vast, so difficult, and so fascinating that I genuinely want to know the answer.

And I have absolutely no idea where it will lead.

If someone had told me just a few months ago:

“Soon you will build a universe research project and submit three academic papers to philosophy and physics journals.”

I probably would not have believed them.

But now, it has actually happened.

I never thought I would be writing academic papers about the universe.

So I will keep going.

Keep looking up at the stars, and keep looking inward for answers.

Perhaps we will never uncover all the mysteries of the universe.

But to have the opportunity, at some point in life, to seriously pursue such a question—

that, in itself, is something beautiful.

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