If the universe is by definition everything, then how can it not be infinite? If it ends then there most be something beyond it? But then it isnt everything? See I am stupid.
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
“You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one.”
“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
“It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.”
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
“Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.”
“It is only to the individual that a soul is given.” —Albert Einstein
So the only difference between the universe before and after the Big Bang is that before, space was outside the ‘ball of matter’ and after the space was ‘among’ it…but we always think of the ball of matter as the important part, the motive force. Maybe we should think of the Big Bang as the relocation of space, not of matter…without that ‘space’, the universe can’t be infinite, since when the ball was contracted, prior to the bang, what else was all around it? Or maybe it just doesn’t matter? I hereby declare this line of thought null and void.
Doug K almost 3 years ago
… and then I had to concede to him (that)
… “In YOUR head ’Space is limited’.”
Sanspareil almost 3 years ago
Not enough space in the universe to accommodate human stupidity!
sandpiper almost 3 years ago
Stupidity is the dark matter everyone has been searching for. It fills the media, especially visible on most digital sites.
The Reader Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Space is incorporated!!!
1953Baby almost 3 years ago
Great “shaggy dawg” joke. . .
uniquename almost 3 years ago
Ants. The ants in my house are infinite too. Darned things.
PaBlum Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Here is more info on that quote: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/universe-einstein/
diskus Premium Member almost 3 years ago
If the universe is by definition everything, then how can it not be infinite? If it ends then there most be something beyond it? But then it isnt everything? See I am stupid.
gingerspike88 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Our minds are too limited to comprehend the universe … being stupid is not using the brains we are given … some cannot accept the former.
phritzg Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Maybe the universe is a 3 dimensional Mobius strip. That would make it both endless and finite.
Yakety Sax almost 3 years ago
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
“You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one.”
“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
“It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.”
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
“Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.”
“It is only to the individual that a soul is given.” —Albert Einstein
Zen-of-Zinfandel almost 3 years ago
A debate about the universe could get edgy.
Ratkin almost 3 years ago
The strip is funny. I got a big bang out of it.
zarilla almost 3 years ago
How about the multiverse (if it exists)? Are all the universes in it infinite?
comixbomix almost 3 years ago
So the only difference between the universe before and after the Big Bang is that before, space was outside the ‘ball of matter’ and after the space was ‘among’ it…but we always think of the ball of matter as the important part, the motive force. Maybe we should think of the Big Bang as the relocation of space, not of matter…without that ‘space’, the universe can’t be infinite, since when the ball was contracted, prior to the bang, what else was all around it? Or maybe it just doesn’t matter? I hereby declare this line of thought null and void.
Buckeye67 almost 3 years ago
The universe is larger than our minds can comprehend, so let’s just leave it at that. Otherwise, it will just give you a headache.
gopher gofer almost 3 years ago
the universe is expanding. so is my waistline. my waistline is the universe…