Re: religion


"Alistair" <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Eventually, assuming a big crunch, all light sources will be visible to
> us as we head rapidly towards the centre of the universe. At the
> moment, a lot of the universe is invisible to us because it does not
> exist in our 'light cone'.

I was talking only in terms of space (as opposed to time). Wait long
enough, and the cone will eventually become infinitely wide, thus allowing
us to see everything (assuming that light can actually eventually reach us,
i.e. that space isn't expanding faster than light).

>
>>
>> The fact that something is far doesn't mean information from there
>> will
>> never reach us; it just means that it'll take a while.
>
> Assuming an infinitely expanding universe, some light from sources
> outside of our light cone can never reach us.

What if the universe were infinitely expanding, but this expansion were
"slow"? The light could "outrun" the expansion of the universe and thus
arrive at us, right?

- Oliver


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