Re: Why is it a "crisis" if the universe is closed?

2019-11-09 Thread Alan Grayson
On Friday, November 8, 2019 at 3:47:15 PM UTC-7, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > https://gizmodo.com/a-round-universe-would-be-bad-news-for-physicists-1839647806 > > Personally, FWIW, I don't believe the universe is open. When physicists > claim it is "flat", they must mean "asymptotically flat",

Re: Why is it a "crisis" if the universe is closed?

2019-11-09 Thread Lawrence Crowell
On Friday, November 8, 2019 at 4:47:15 PM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > https://gizmodo.com/a-round-universe-would-be-bad-news-for-physicists-1839647806 > > Personally, FWIW, I don't believe the universe is open. When physicists > claim it is "flat", they must mean "asymptotically flat",

Re: Why is it a "crisis" if the universe is closed?

2019-11-09 Thread Philip Thrift
On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 2:22:51 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Friday, November 8, 2019 at 3:47:15 PM UTC-7, Alan Grayson wrote: >> >> >> https://gizmodo.com/a-round-universe-would-be-bad-news-for-physicists-1839647806 >> >> Personally, FWIW, I don't believe the universe is

Re: Why is it a "crisis" if the universe is closed?

2019-11-09 Thread Alan Grayson
On Friday, November 8, 2019 at 3:47:15 PM UTC-7, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > https://gizmodo.com/a-round-universe-would-be-bad-news-for-physicists-1839647806 > > Personally, FWIW, I don't believe the universe is open. When physicists > claim it is "flat", they must mean "asymptotically flat",