What about Santa Claus ? Is Santa Claus infinite in expansion ? Argument: He can bring presents to all the children in the world in just 1 night.
On Saturday 28 September 2024 at 19:13:23 UTC+3 Alan Grayson wrote: > On Friday, September 27, 2024 at 11:56:47 AM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Friday, September 20, 2024 at 9:09:17 AM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote: > > Proof by Contradiction: If the universe is infinite in spatial extent, and > came into being, that would be a type of singularity where it would have to > *instantaneously* expand infinitely in spatial extent. Such a process is > unphysical. Therefore, a universe infinite in spatial extent cannot come > into being, and is therefore uncreated. AG > > > A more direct way of understanding my claim: If you don't believe the > universe can instantaneously expand to infinity, it must be finite in > spatial extent, since no progressive expansion, no matter how fast, or for > how long, can be infinite in spatial extent. Therefore, given the premise, > the universe must be finite in spatial extent and cannot be flat. QED. AG > > > I sent the physicist/cosmologist at Case Western a short email reminding > him that if he assumes the universe (presumably, the unobservable part) is > infinite in spatial extent, it always was, since there is no transition or > evolution from finite to infinite, or vis-versa, he was also implicitly > assuming that the universe began with an *instantaneous* transition to > infinite in spatial extent at T=0. No reply. No thank you. As expected. AG > -- 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/9e086556-b0a3-482f-8d23-83913dc49357n%40googlegroups.com.
