Wow! That's a revelation to me! So, in effect, that implies that information cannot escape the "boundary" of the universe as nothing can surpass the speed of li

Wow! That's a revelation to me! So, in effect, that implies that information cannot escape the "boundary" of the universe as nothing can surpass the speed of light, ie, the universe is a black hole. This would certainly explain some things - like why energy is conserved, why (some) physical constants have the values that they have.