Horizon-To infinty and beyond

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Not picking at your arguments at all mate, at the end of the day "I dunno" is as valid explanation as pretty much anything, we're getting away from proper science and entering the wooly world of philosophy...

Not my arguments, and to be fair I never said the Big Bang Theory should explain anything that preceded it. I was simply suggesting why it would be easy to believe that, if you take The Universe as everything including the void we call space, then its creation must have occurred within something else, or perhaps be some kind of divine act. Again, not my beliefs, or even theories.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Woz

One question that fascinates me is:

If the universe is infinite but, as scientists claim, constantly expanding... what is it expanding into?

It is not, the further away from the epicenter of the big bang something is, the faster it is moving away, so at some point it is expanding at the speed of light, obviously it can't expand faster, so there is the edge...

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by sinbad

I was simply suggesting why it would be easy to believe that, if you take The Universe as everything including the void we call space, then its creation must have occurred within something else

It's easy to think that way because our minds have trouble processing something like the universe existing with nothing "outside" - no void, no space, not even "nothing" - Everything that is is in the Universe, by definition

[yorkie_chris]

Quantum physics will always be difficult for a brain designed to remember where the best bananas are.

Is in someones sig here lol

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Quantum physics will always be difficult for a brain designed to remember where the best bananas are.

Is in someones sig here lol

Oh god I laughed

Not seen that before

[tj2]

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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

It is not, the further away from the epicenter of the big bang something is, the faster it is moving away, so at some point it is expanding at the speed of light, obviously it can't expand faster, so there is the edge...

There is no epicenter, everwhere and nowhere is the center of the big bang, the matter doesnt expand int space, space is also expanding.

The expansion is speeding up, light is like a bloke on a conveyor belt, as the belt gets faster he will be pulled away even if he is running towards us, so we see less and less as everything disapears over the visible horizon.