Where is our universe?
Nobody knows whether the Universe is limited or limitless. If it was limitless it is essentially everywhere and nowhere and contained within nothing. If true, think of it like this. Matter as we know it is made up of atoms, but is mostly space. In the hypothetical infinite universe that atom lies an infinite distance from the nearest point towards the universe. Since space cannot ever reach this, space would also become an infinite quantity, and the Universe would extend an infinite distance in all directions.
Although this has not been proved, so should it be proven that the Universe is finite, then ask the question again
- Denno66posted 14 years ago
0 The BBC has a series called "Discovery" with Lawrence Krauss explaining much of it to a scientific audience who ask questions. Great stuff.
I LUV BBC radio!
- Denno66posted 14 years ago0
Hmmm, an unanswerable question. Spot on.
Okay. God could be a homeless guy on 42nd Street in New York City, the Pope could be the Third Anti-Christ(although he was in the Hitler Youth as a child), and Twinkies could be a slave-making delicacy concocted by the Aplha Centaurians. What if opens such an exciting door, doesn't it?
The Occam's Razor answer is :
At first, I wasn't going to respond to this thread, then the more I thought about the question "Where is our universe?", in and of, itself- it became evident that there really wasn't any value of knowledge that could be gained by opening up the main discussion.
Your question is irrelevant, compared to the knowledge already known. Where? the Universe is? Is a sad attempt to prove or disprove God's existence.
I mean, you look at the end of the movie Men in Black, apparently the world or universe we existed in was contained within a marble toy of an alien.
If you look at another movie The Matrix, one would think that there is a huge problem about people determining the difference between real and fake.
It begins to make you think about all the weirdest things you can imagine. Science does have some answers, but still there is a lot of unknown. Spectulation and foolish threads like this isn't going to solve or answer the unknown.
So, I guess that boils down to your purpose for posting the thread to begin with. Which was? Who knows really, because you can pawn off whatever excuse you like, and be truly feeling something completely different.
So, with that said- Have fun!Inside a giant ass
Sorry, if somebody already gave this answer- zampanoposted 14 years ago0
- sneakorocksolidposted 14 years ago0
There's no right or wrong answer to this one ...
My best guess? Whether you believe in multiple universes or just one, or if this universe is limitless or limited ... it should always come back to the answer ... it's here.
Why? Because we are contained within this universe. We can't be outside something we belong to.
Of course, if you want to know where are universe is in relation to things outside of our universe then we need to know where those things are.
Where is New York City? If you are asked this while you are in New York City then you might exclaim, 'You're lookin' at it bub!', but from somewhere else you might say it's in New York, north of New Jersey and south of Connecticut. From there, you could give more references of places, directions - and even mileage away from other places - but without the existence of other places you could never tell someone else where New York City was unless they stood within the city.
Of course, I could be wrong, but this seems like a pretty logical answer to me.It goes back as far as you like though. How would you define the Universe? Where would the boundary be between Universe and whatever else, and how would we define it?
The plot thickens
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