Re: Infinite number of people toss a coin infinite times

From: Daryl McCullough (daryl_at_atc-nycorp.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: 28 Nov 2004 08:19:16 -0800

Stephen Harris says...
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>"Daryl McCullough" <daryl@atc-nycorp.com> wrote

>The steady-state theory is not still dominant and I posted some
>reference quotes to Mike Oliver.

I'm sorry---I meant the idea that the universe is infinite.

>> (open) universe, the universe is spatially infinite from the beginning.
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>I accept that this is the explanation. But, I have trouble accepting
>the fact that it is also claimed that Big Bang originated from
>an infinitesimal point and then expanded/exploded without the volume
>of the universe changing.

In the unbounded cosmologies, the Big Bang was not a time when the
universe was at a single point---it was a time when the universe had
infinite density.

You might want to look at the cosmology faq entry here:

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/infpoint.html 

--
Daryl McCullough

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