On 6 February 2014 13:38, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/5/2014 9:31 AM, Jesse Mazer wrote: > > --question 1 dealt with the question of how YOU would define p-time > simultaneity in a cosmological model where there's no way to slice the 4D > spacetime into a series of 3D surfaces such that the density of matter is > perfectly uniform on each slice (and that uniform can be characterized by > the parameter Omega), unlike in the simple FLRW model where matter is > assumed to be distributed in this perfectly uniform way. > > > I don't see that perfect uniformity is necessary. We have calculated our > epoch relative to the CMB as 13.8By. I assume any other scientific species > in the universe could do the same and so say whether they were 'at the same > time' as measured by expansion of the cosmos. I don't see how the > existence of galaxies and galaxy clusters precludes this kind of > measurement. > > This will surely be accurate to within a few % ?
(What was that theory that dark energy is the result of clock times varying from one point in the universe to another, so relative voids were rather older than galaxies?) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
