Empty space is part of that expanding universe. The universe is not expanding "through" anything, not even emptiness. The universe is that beyond which there is nothing - logically, by definition.
Ian On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Magnus Berg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Craig > >> [ Mary] >>> >>> What is beyond the edge of the Universe? >>> This is what I want Pirsig to explain. >> >> If so, you are on a fool's errand. >> Craig > > I wouldn't be so quick to judge. > > We know roughly how old the universe is and how large it is. We also know > that it is expanding at an ever increasing rate. But into what? Does science > have an answer to that? Nothingness? > > If it is "nothingness", then this nothingness gives way to the somethingness > that is the universe when it is expanding. But then we have somehow > incorporated the nothingness into our reality, and we have also expanded the > universe to infinity. But only a part of that universe is the somethingness > in which we and other stuff can exist. > > If the expanding universe is *not* replacing some other stuff occupying the > space that it is expanding into, then you need to explain how that is done. > That would be a completely new process to science, right? > > I can go on for quite a while longer, but what I want to say is that the > question is far from foolish. At the very least, it will result in another > question. > > Magnus > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
