Brent, Yes, and of course the fact that the age of the universe will pretty certainly be calculated everywhere in the universe as the same 13.7 billion years strongly suggest there is a common present universal present moment or time.
Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 7:38:03 PM UTC-5, Brent 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. > > Brent > -- 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.
