The time wanderer

"So where are we going today Chris?" Sunset asked.

"We are going to multiple different periods in time, so I can show you a pattern I think you'll like. After all, you're more of a hands on person." Chris said, he took sunset by the hand and pulled her through a portal. They ended up in a vast green jungle with vines, shrubs and trees.

"Woah, what is this place." Sunset said.

"This is the Carboniferous period. They period where life on land really starts to take hold. Come here for a second." Chris said, he was knelt down near a fern bush. He pulled a sten with a series of leaves on it off of the fern and placed it in sunsets hands. "This stem has 55 leaves on it, now that may not be interesting at first. But there are a series of numbers called the Fibonacci numbers, 55 is one such number. It starts at 1, then it goes to 2, then 3 but it gets a little weird after that. After that there's 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 and then 55 and it keeps going. There are small details in every living thing that contain the Fibonacci numbers. You can also find pie in anything as well, and I don't mean the food. I mean the number pie, do you see the pattern yet?" Chris said with a smile.

"Yeah, I think I do." Sunset said.

"What is the pattern then?" Chris asked.

"Numbers and mathematics are in everything, just like they are in science." Sunset said.

"Correct, do you know what that means?" Chris asked, sunset just shrugged. "It means that math is what our creator used to set these patterns and universal laws. Math is basically the code to the universe, math can predict millions of out comes that come from just one scenario. The only thing that math can't explain, is why black black holes do what they do." Chris said with a smile.

"Why can't it explain black holes? Aren't black holes part of reality?" Sunset asked.

"Yes and no, a black hole is a tear in the fabric of the universe. It's like taking a pencil and pushing it through a piece of paper. It's a gap in existence, do you know how black holes are formed?" Chris asked.

"No, how?" Sunset asked.

"Basically, a star like our sun does a little process called hydrogen fusion. That process creates millions of atomic explosions every second. Now, the reason why a star doesn't just keep expanding is because the core and the gases still have mass. So Gravity is pushing in, fusion is pushing out. When it runs out of hydrogen to fuse, gravity becomes really immense. So immense that something the size of our sun gets compressed down to something the size of canterlot. Now the matter was already as tightly packed as it could get when fusion was going on. So it basically breaks the laws of physics and pushes it self so small that it pokes a hole in reality. But unlike the paper, the universe is in 3 dimensions. So the black hole is basically a 3 dimensional hole in the universe. Anything that goes in no longer exists, so it's essentially perminately destroyed. But it's a universal law that you can completely destroy matter, yet a black hole does it. So a black hole technically exists and doesn't exist at the same time."

"Where does the matter go though?" Sunset asked.

"Well, there are some theories that the matter is destroyed but then reassembled to be identical to the matter from another universe. But that's only if there is another universe on the other side of a black hole to begin with. If there is no such universe on the other end then the matter just stops existing. That's why math falls apart, it does things that shouldn't be possible. For instance, in can consume millions of tons of material but never grow in size. It's only when two black holes merge that it grows in size." Chris said.

"Wait, black holes can merge?" Sunset asked.

"Yep. Unlike a hole in a piece of paper, a black hole isn't stationary. So they can move around and when they meet they turn into a bigger black hole. Are you seeing my lesson here?"

"Yes, I am. Your lesson is that math is everywhere and in everything. It can tell us why things happen or different ways that things could happen. Is that about it?" Chris was starring blankly at sunset, he blinked a few times.

"Yes, that is exactly it. I was kind of expecting you to leave a part of it out, leaving me to explain the rest." Chris said.

"Yep, well you more or less just taught me how to analyze every out come. So I predicted you would do that." Sunset said.

"Well, well, well, someone is going on my list of great students." Chris said with a smile.

"I try."

"Well let's go, you'll have to excuse me if we start going on to the next time period quicker then the one before. I have minor ADD so I get bored very quickly." Chris said.

"Hey, it's fine with me. So long as it doesn't get to the point where we're only in each time period for a second before you move on." Sunset said.

"Great, well in that case." Chris stepped aside and gestured to the portal. "Ladies first."