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Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe?

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Ross Finlayson wrote:
> 
> On 10/31/2026 09:28 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > The Starmaker wrote:
> >>
> >> Ross Finlayson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 10/30/2026 02:14 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> >>>> Ross Finlayson wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 10/29/2026 09:44 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> >>>>>> amirjf wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Cheers
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 'In the beginning,.."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "In"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> in
> >>>>>> /in/
> >>>>>> preposition
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>        expressing the situation of something that is or appears to be
> >>>>>> enclosed or surrounded by something else.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Beginning
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> to start
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> infinite has no beginning or end.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So, most likely your universe is finite.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Eternity since forever.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A few hundreds years ago, Earth was 6,000 years old.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> By a hundred years ago, the dinosaurs lived millions
> >>>>> of years ago.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In the 1960's, the Universe was 3 billion years old.
> >>>>> In the '80's, it was 6-10.
> >>>>> By the Y2K, it was more than 13.6 billion years old,
> >>>>> and it got 200 million years older every year.
> >>>>> Then, JWST at least doubled that.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> At this rate, it will be arbitrarily old, soon enough.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also "particles" get an order of magnitude smaller
> >>>>> every few years, with "NIST PDG CODATA" and
> >>>>> "running constants".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So, according to science, its age/size is going to infinity,
> >>>>> and its grain is going to smooth.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Most likely you are afraid of infinity and continuity.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Okay, let's start at 'the beginning'...
> >>>>
> >>>> I count 1,2,3,4,5,6------13.6 billion
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Infinity has no beginning.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> How can I start a count???
> >>>>
> >>>> Do I start counting before the beginning??
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> i'm not good at math...
> >>>>
> >>>> The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> >>>> to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
> >>>> and challenge the unchallengeable.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> 0 + 0, infinity - 0, 0 + 1, infinity - 1, 0 + 2, infinity - 2, ....
> >>>
> >>> Count toward the middle.
> >>>
> >>> Shirley you must have heard of Zeno's arguments,
> >>> showing that your finite counting can never achieve
> >>> completion, then Polly you had pre-calculus and learned
> >>> the definition of the inductive limit, after being told
> >>> that the "atoms" of the unit line segment didn't exist,
> >>> the infinitesimals, though calculus was called infinitesimal
> >>> analysis for hundreds of years.
> >>>
> >>> Then, when induction _fails_, and only deduction _suffices_,
> >>> then it's related to particular templates of geometric examples
> >>> about the geometric series here or Zeno's arrow, or otherwise
> >>> the geometric series, when deduction _completes_ then that's
> >>> a "super-classical" reasoning, that anybody has, who ever figured
> >>> out that finite arguments may _fail_ in the infinite, and that
> >>> the _infinite_ for the _continuous_ lives in the numbers,
> >>> and the geometry, and the physics.
> >>
> >> Is 13.6 billion the age of the universe?
> >
> >
> > It is my understanding the new number is 26.7 billion years.
> >
> >
> > yous guys gots to get your maths right...
> >
> >
> 
> Check back later, it'll change again.

I was hoping you had permission to change it by now...


ok, here's a easy one for you..it's about clocks!


If you have one clock here and
another clock there..

Which clock has the true time?







-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-30 14:14 -0700
  Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-30 18:31 -0700
    Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-30 20:45 -0700
      Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-31 07:06 -0700
        Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-31 07:37 -0700
        Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-31 11:49 -0700
          Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-31 13:48 -0700
            Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-31 14:06 -0700
              Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-11-01 15:44 -0700
                Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-11-01 17:06 -0800
                Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-11-01 17:20 -0800
                Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-11-02 01:25 -0800
      Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-31 21:28 -0700
        Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-11-01 07:17 -0800
          Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-11-01 11:39 -0800
          Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Blaine <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-11-01 15:36 -0700

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