On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 10:54 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
*> At t = 0, what an infinite universe in spatial extent implies; namely, > no big bang, since that would require creating infinite spatial extent > instantaneously* *Neither Quantum Mechanics nor General Relativity can explain how something with infinite spatial extent could instantaneously come into existence at t=0, but they can't explain how something with finite spatial extent could do so either. If we can ever find a way to stop those two theories from fighting each other, maybe we could figure it out.* *> Another way to look at it is this; if the universe was finite in spatial > extent when the BB occurred, it will always remain finite, but if it was > infinite in spatial extent when the BB "occurred", it was always infinite* *As I said in my previous post, if it's infinite now then it was infinite at the time of the Big Bang, and if it was finite then it's finite now.* *> and the BB didn't occur.* *That does not compute. * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> stn -- 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/CAJPayv38YR-ta7WvfU%2B%2BpCeOKRVHRehU_-EsDPca9sMb_-Gjrw%40mail.gmail.com.
