On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 5:01 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
> *> do clocks in distant galaxies run objectively slower than clocks in our > galaxy* There is no objectively correct rate for a clock to tick, but it has been experimentally checked many many times that a fast moving clock (relative to us) ticks more slowly than a clock sitting right next to us just as Einstein said it would. And this isn't even General Relativity, plain old Special Relativity is all you need for that. *> You're implicitly claiming we can measure these variables in the > NON-observable region* No, I'm claiming a sphere that follows the rules of Hyperbolic Geometry, as our observable universe does, could contain a unlimited number of stars even if it's radius is finite. Granted that doesn't prove it actually does contain an infinite number of stars, but it does show that your claim to have proven the number of stars must be finite is incorrect. So maybe it's finite and maybe it's infinite. As for the non-observable region more distant than 13.8 light years I'm afraid it's the same story, maybe it's finite and maybe it's infinite, and nobody has come up with a good way to tell the difference and it's unlikely anyone ever will. John K Clark -- 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/CAJPayv1%3DeLuhRuOWSNkZ2avh9%2BOckgqZyrcNTapbxag0Tt3QKw%40mail.gmail.com.
