How would the air know that a new opening existed?
It doesn't. The air is compressed into the container. Forget about air knowing this and that.
It's compression of air to be more compressed than what it was before, or to be a bit simpler, normal atmospheric sea level pressure in this instance.
So now it gets compressed by applied energy into a container.
Because it's compressed more molecules can be added because they become smaller by compression into each other and stay like that if the container valve is shut.
Notice how you completely avoid the question yet again?
It is really a quite simple question.
But with your model, you can't answer it.
Lets consider this very simple problem from 2 models, yours and reality. First lets do yours:
You have your gas in your tank under pressure trying to push outwards in all directions to get more room.
Now an opening forms.
This now means your gas, instead of trying to move outwards in all directions just magically heads towards the opening, not caring about what is behind them.
Now a new opening forms behind the gas.
There is no way for that to get conveyed to the gas as they don't care what is behind them.
This means the gas should continue heading to the original opening and not care at all about the new opening.
Now reality:
The gas is trying to expand outwards in all directions but is kept trapped by the tank.
The gas remains in position due to the reactionary force from the tank pushing inwards against the gas.
Now an opening forms.
Now the force on the gas is unbalanced. The gas right near the opening is pushed out by the gas further in, with its own resistance to changing motion providing a reactionary force to stop all the gas instantly accelerating as one.
The gas further inside continues to push outwards in all directions, but due to the unbalanced forces it slowly migrates towards the opening.
But now a new opening forms.
The gas near it is still trying to push outwards in all directions, so the gas gets pushed outwards by that slightly further in.
No need for sentient gas.
No need for the gas to head off in one direction.
No need for the gas to magically know to turn around.
Because a new opening exists which means the gas expands out of that new opening
This only makes sense if the gas is trying to expand in all directions.
When one end is opened up it's a case of, about turn and follow the leader out of the opening.
Which, ignoring the fact that that makes no sense at all and is clearly refuted by reality, that means they should follow the leader. Why turn back?
And no, that does mean your gas is sentient.
That was shown by another question that you have repeatedly ignored.
How does your gas know to only move towards the opening rather than trying to push outwards in every direction.
Or you just don't get it, which is the reality I'm afraid.
No, the reality is that we get it quite well and just realise your model is pure nonsense.
The real question is if you understand that and are just trolling or if you actually believe your nonsense.
You see, my theory still allows everything to work as they do. The only thing it kills off is stuff like rockets working in so called space vacuums or extreme low pressure environments.
The reason for that is obvious if you understand my theory.
Yes, the reason is obvious.
You want to reject the reality of space as that goes against your fantasy. So you will pretend everything else works so you can pretend there is nothing wrong with your model.
But in reality, your model doesn't work.
It repeatedly contradicts itself and can't explain reality.
But you don't care.
You care more about rejecting the reality of rockets than having a working model.
the gas is now resisting the piston
i.e. it is exerting a force and pushing on the gauge. That is the only way to resist. Otherwise it has no effect on the motion of the piston.
But of course, there you go contradicting yourself in a single sentence.
You say it is pushing, but not pushing.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND!
Have you figured out the answers to the very simple questions you have been avoiding yet:
What is the gas pushing against to allow it to move (which isn't the rocket and which the rocket can't push against)?
How does the gas magically know to stop pushing outwards in all directions and instead only push towards the opening?
How does the gas move towards the opening if it is pushing towards it, meaning it would be pushed away?
And remember, any answer you provide for the first question also needs to address why it works for the gas but not the rocket.
And as a bonus question, just what evidence at all do you have that gas works the way you claim?