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

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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...


-- 
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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Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? amirjf <amirjfnin@aim.com> - 2026-10-28 01:12 -0400
  Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-28 00:48 -0700
  Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-10-28 11:21 +0200
    Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-10-28 10:39 +0100
    Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-28 08:27 -0700
      Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-28 08:47 -0700
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  Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? HenryWilson <Hgw@home.com> - 2026-10-28 18:04 +0000
    Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-28 11:31 -0700
      Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-28 12:09 -0700
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  Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-10-29 21:44 -0700
    Re: Which makes more sense: a finite or infinite universe? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-10-30 06:47 -0700
      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
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              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
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                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
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                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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