Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.netfront.net!.POSTED.108.219.229.47!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,alt.astronomy Subject: Re: The Shape of the Universe. Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:50:25 -0700 Organization: Netfront http://www.netfront.net/ Message-ID: <5ADEC5A1.3A73@ix.netcom.com> References: <5AD6E787.5457@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: adenine.netfront.net; posting-host="108.219.229.47"; logging-data="44449"; mail-complaints-to="news@netfront.net" X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 180423-4, 04/23/2018), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:490939 sci.physics:682187 sci.physics.relativity:456783 alt.astronomy:298265 Tom Roberts wrote: > > [I rarely read your posts or reply to you because it seems that all you do is > post nonsense. But I happened to see this one, and noticed that your usual > nonsense 'just happens' to be correct, in a way that is worth responding to as > it may surprise some readers.] That is called...the disclaimer. It always starts with "I rarely read your posts or reply to you because..." > > On 4/18/18 1:36 AM, The Starmaker wrote: > > the universe is both flat and curved. > > Yes, this is so, in a way you clearly do not realize or understand. This happens > because you speak so loosely, without specifying what you mean by "the universe" > -- that ambiguity can sensibly be interpreted two ways, which makes this > seemingly silly statement actually be correct. > > In our current best cosmological models, spaceTIME is curved, but space is flat. Sorry, I don't suscribe to "*Our* current"... "our" translates to...groupthink. > > [I won't bore you with the details, as you clearly don't care, > and won't understand anyway.] > > Tom Roberts I already put the pizza (spaceTIME is curved) in the box (space is flat).. There are a million ways to say the same thing and not know you're saying the same thing.