Amazingu Sep 9, 2009
Zane wrote:
Milk and cookies.
WTF are we doing way back here then!?
Contemplating suicide?
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avatar! Sep 9, 2009
Zane wrote:
Amazingu wrote:First I've heard of it.
What's on the other end then?Milk and cookies.
hehe... could be, could be...
it's possible the observable Universe leads to a much larger Universe we can't see. If so, it is likely similar to the observable Universe. If not, and the Universe truly ends, then beyond the observable Universe would be nothing but a vacuum filled with quantum fluctuations.
cheers,
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Jodo Kast Sep 10, 2009
Amazingu wrote:
avatar! wrote:The observable Universe is believed to be finite in both size and duration.
First I've heard of it.
What's on the other end then?
I once read that if you were to gaze into the universe with an infinitely powerful telescope, then you would see the back of your own head.
Likewise, I can remember reading if you had a spaceship that could move infinitely fast, then you'd come to a complete stop, since you'd run into yourself.
As for what's beyond the universe, the ancients thought it was a vacuum. Not like the vacuum between stars, which is full of energy. But a real vacuum. Current physicists don't think a real vacuum, or true vacuum, can exist, so there is likely somehow something beyond the universe. If by law I had to make a guess, then I'd say our universe is simply an asymmetrical dent in the multiverse. In other words, a small collection of fermions, axions, higgs bosons, and numerous other exotic particles simply punched through a brane. (The latest idea in cosmology is that our universe is nowhere near symmetrical.)
Dais Sep 10, 2009
Jodo Kast wrote:
Dais wrote:you're going to have to make your working definition of the universe known - is it infinite in size and/or duration? Is it defined in a materialistic manner to the extent that all actions are essentially predetermined?
If one were to run a human life backwards, then it could be argued that actions are predetermined, since all causes would be evident.
all causes would most certainly not be evident from the current perspectives that human beings and their equipment can bring to the table.
also, while I wrote that, something occurred to me - if (as some feel) there are forms of order (such as predetermination) that are beyond our ability to verify or comprehend, couldn't there also be forms of chaos beyond us as well?