You can describe things in two ways:<p>1) Decompose into smaller components and put back together
2) Look at it&#x27;s structure<p>It&#x27;s the diference between describing a cardboard box and a cube (platonic solid).<p>To describe the first, I have to describe what is cardboard, what is cellulose, what is a cell, what is matter, ... all the  way down, and then I hit a wall.<p>To describe the second, I just need topology.<p>This definition of space is that space &quot;just is&quot;, resembles a network, and that the &quot;stuff&quot; in it is just how we perceive particular local structures.<p>The network is only a geometrical analogy, there&#x27;s no &quot;space&quot; between the nodes because the nodes don&#x27;t represent anything concrete. You can describe the same network algebraically, but then you&#x27;re left with no pictures to illustrate the article.