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New Theories / Re: Is the Earth flat?
« on: 17/03/2018 18:49:06 »
@Bored chemist
Yes, homogeneous. There's only 1 space, and the value can be stated as 1 from any point in time, or from any location. Space is homogeneous. Apparently it can inflate, according to theory, but the inflation would not alter its homogeneity.
I struggle with the wording, and maybe contraction is not the best word to use. I don't mean to imply contracting in the conventional sense of the word. This is more inflation, versus deflation. We are potentially bound to a deflating energy state, rather than an inflating universe. These are precise reciprocal perspectives. Because we are potentially bound to deflation, our perspective of the universe would be inflation. Our view of deflation would appear static. Energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
This is not about right or wrong. The only appropriate answer is, I don't know. And I don't know. I don't know how you'd even test for this condition. It would look exactly as it looks now. Either perspective would be valid to an extent, but the true underlying reality would have a definite true or false value.
It's really weird to think we might be bound to a deflating state of energy, but it makes a lot of practical sense in explaining the universe. Energy is dynamic or heterogeneous, and space is static or homogeneous. It's far more likely that energy is the one deflating, and the inflating perspective of space the mirage or illusion, in my very humble opinion.
Yes, homogeneous. There's only 1 space, and the value can be stated as 1 from any point in time, or from any location. Space is homogeneous. Apparently it can inflate, according to theory, but the inflation would not alter its homogeneity.
I struggle with the wording, and maybe contraction is not the best word to use. I don't mean to imply contracting in the conventional sense of the word. This is more inflation, versus deflation. We are potentially bound to a deflating energy state, rather than an inflating universe. These are precise reciprocal perspectives. Because we are potentially bound to deflation, our perspective of the universe would be inflation. Our view of deflation would appear static. Energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
This is not about right or wrong. The only appropriate answer is, I don't know. And I don't know. I don't know how you'd even test for this condition. It would look exactly as it looks now. Either perspective would be valid to an extent, but the true underlying reality would have a definite true or false value.
It's really weird to think we might be bound to a deflating state of energy, but it makes a lot of practical sense in explaining the universe. Energy is dynamic or heterogeneous, and space is static or homogeneous. It's far more likely that energy is the one deflating, and the inflating perspective of space the mirage or illusion, in my very humble opinion.