The idea that the universe is infinite fell apart in the 20th century, and current estimations are at 93 billion light years, provided by the WMAP satellite.
Yes, the universe is finite, and science has proven this. Einstein did many things that led to this, but he tried to cover it up out of religious denial. In fact, the universe is actually shrinking.
Yes, the universe is finite, and science has proven this. Einstein did many things that led to this, but he tried to cover it up out of religious denial. In fact, the universe is actually shrinking.Video_Game_King
Yes, the universe is finite, and science has proven this. Einstein did many things that led to this, but he tried to cover it up out of religious denial. In fact, the universe is actually shrinking.Video_Game_King
It was not religious denial, though he did refuse to believe it.
Yes, the universe is finite, and science has proven this. Einstein did many things that led to this, but he tried to cover it up out of religious denial. In fact, the universe is actually shrinking.Video_Game_King
[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]Yes, the universe is finite, and science has proven this. Einstein did many things that led to this, but he tried to cover it up out of religious denial. In fact, the universe is actually shrinking.Dracargen
Uh, what? Einstein was not religious.:|
He was in an Isaac Newton sort of way. He tried to find answers that weren't there.
Well he came up with an argument to prove God(the is too intricate not to have had a designer). Really simple argument though, now been kinda proved incorrect.
[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]Yes, the universe is finite, and science has proven this. Einstein did many things that led to this, but he tried to cover it up out of religious denial. In fact, the universe is actually shrinking.Video_Game_King
Uh, what? Einstein was not religious.:|
He was in an Isaac Newton sort of way. He tried to find answers that weren't there.
Newton was a devoted Christian. Einstein , if he followed any religion at all, was a pantheist.
if the universe was infinately big then there would have to be an infinate amount of people, if you apply this to poulation density over the time the universe existed then time must be endless which goes against every theory on the begining of the universe
[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]Yes, the universe is finite, and science has proven this. Einstein did many things that led to this, but he tried to cover it up out of religious denial. In fact, the universe is actually shrinking.Dracargen
Uh, what? Einstein was not religious.:|
He was in an Isaac Newton sort of way. He tried to find answers that weren't there.
Newton was a devoted Christian. Einstein , if he followed any religion at all, was a pantheist.
Einstein was at least of Jewish descent, and I'm not sure what the hell a pantheist is :P.
[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]Yes, the universe is finite, and science has proven this. Einstein did many things that led to this, but he tried to cover it up out of religious denial. In fact, the universe is actually shrinking.Video_Game_King
Uh, what? Einstein was not religious.:|
He was in an Isaac Newton sort of way. He tried to find answers that weren't there.
Newton was a devoted Christian. Einstein , if he followed any religion at all, was a pantheist.
Einstein was at least of Jewish descent, and I'm not sure what the hell a pantheist is :P.
Let me put it this way: Einstein had pride in his Jewish heritage, but not of Jewish religion, and his religiosity lay in his awe for the inexplicable nature of the universe's mathematics and laws, and thus his humble place in it.
Theres a few theories on what happens to the Universe over time. One theory is it will never stop, and eventually all the energy will equalize, so we have no chance then. Another is that it'll stop expanding and bounce off of some "walls" and come back like an echo. Another is that it'll reach a stretching point like a rubber band, then collapse on itself and cause another big bang, going in a neverending cycle.
If it were infinite, the physical universe would have never began or would never end. So in that sense, no the physical universe is not infinite. Things are created, and they die. That is one of the most basic principles of physical existance.
I don't see how anyone can positively say that the universe is or isn't infinite. Has a satellite ever been to the end? No. Has anyone ever seen the end? No. We can all express our opinion on this subject but there hasn't been proof yet.
I don't see how anyone can positively say that the universe is or isn't infinite. Has a satellite ever been to the end? No. Has anyone ever seen the end? No. We can all express our opinion on this subject but there hasn't been proof yet.cukoo
Theres a few theories on what happens to the Universe over time. One theory is it will never stop, and eventually all the energy will equalize, so we have no chance then. Another is that it'll stop expanding and bounce off of some "walls" and come back like an echo. Another is that it'll reach a stretching point like a rubber band, then collapse on itself and cause another big bang, going in a neverending cycle.olion
I think the first one seems most likely. When all the energy in the universe is equalized it will go poof. Some physisists theorize the universe is actually a false vacuum, and when the energy that maintains the false vacuum is exhausted and the true vacuum will collapse the bubble. No more universe.
Theres a few theories on what happens to the Universe over time. One theory is it will never stop, and eventually all the energy will equalize, so we have no chance then. Another is that it'll stop expanding and bounce off of some "walls" and come back like an echo. Another is that it'll reach a stretching point like a rubber band, then collapse on itself and cause another big bang, going in a neverending cycle.olion
unfortunately for your theory, it is impossible because that would mean that the universe is a closed system. if that were true, then it should have reached heat death and infinite amount of time ago
Yes and no. I think that "our" universe is not infinite but there is a possibility that there are infinite universes. Neither side can be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, so I am content just accepting that it could be either.
The universe is probably like a planet, just really really big. If you keep going straight you'll eventually end up where you were. And the universe is floating around in something in bigger, which is in something bigger, and it just keeps going. That's what I think.
I think it's entirely possible... but I doubt we'll find the answer to that question any time soon. What we can all agree on is that the universe is massive beyond comprehension, even if not infinite.
It deppends how you define infinite. It technicly means "unmeasurably great" - and by that definition it is infinite. More recently it has started to mean "unlimited" or "never ending" and by that definition - we don't know.
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