[betty boop]

If virtual particles are popping in and out of 'existence', could they actually be existing in a different temporal orientation that intersects our orientation occasionally? ... I don't think Mister 'Zero Point Field' would dislike the notion.

Maybe not so "occasionally," MHGinTN. If the "Zero Point Field" is the primary universal vacuum (or carried by it) then it would be omnipresent spatially and temporally. Emissions of virtual photons may be a constant process that facilitates "successful communications" in biological processes, including sense perception. At least this is a conjecture that is receiving increasing attention these days.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you both so much for your posts!

If the "Zero Point Field" is the primary universal vacuum (or carried by it) then it would be omnipresent spatially and temporally. Emissions of virtual photons may be a constant process that facilitates "successful communications" in biological processes, including sense perception. At least this is a conjecture that is receiving increasing attention these days.

Indeed. MHGinTN's four questions are oriented to possibilites within space/time of multiple spatial and temporal dimensions. It would require an interdimensional field (such as gravity) existing in all points of space/time regardless of dimensionality. A universal vacuum field is the excellent candidate.

Nevertheless, existence is not necessarily dimensional and thus I would leave the door open for the non-corporeal, i.e. non-spatial, non-temporal, non-physical.