On Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 9:58:06 AM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 2:30 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > >> *> If we're convinced it's finite in age, then it can't be infinite in >> spatial extent. AG * > > > We don't know for sure our universe is infinite in size and we'll never > know for sure because we'll never be able to measure precisely zero > curvature with no error at all, but we do know it's pretty damn flat, if > it's curved it's so slight that a light beam would have to go at least 500 > times as far as our telescopes can see for it to return where it started. > So if you respect the empirical evidence for the Big Bang but the idea of a > beginning of a infinitely sized universe makes you unhappy then the > Multiverse idea offers you an obvious solution, you get an infinitely large > infinitely old Multiverse but with the observable universe having a > beginning and being only finitely large. However I understand the > Multiverse makes you unhappy too. I fear you may be destined to be unhappy. > > By the way ... does the inverse also make you unhappy, something > infinitely old but finite in spatial extent? > > John K Clark >
There always this possibility: There's only a finite number of particles in the universe and only the right finite amount of "space" they fit in, whatever its shape is. @philipthrift -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e0cf404c-a12d-4664-a67f-c2d6cd8100bc%40googlegroups.com.
