[simeonie (OP)]

Is there an infinity? By that I mean does space go on forever or does it end? There can't be an end..... what do you think

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[neilep]

Infinity is just...well...it's well big. Ask my wifey, she reckons she has infinity credit on our credit card !

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[Ultima]

It's one more than the largest number that you can envisage [].

wOw the world spins?

[simeonie (OP)]

I dnt think you understand the question people. I am asking you if you think space ever ends or it just goes on for ever?


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[Deanwinfield]

I think space does hav limits. Red shift practically proves (in my eyes) that it is still expanding. Also i once heard that if space is infitate then there must be an infinate amount of matter. And if there is an infinate amount of matter then there is an Infinate amount of Gravity which, surely, would cause the universe to collapse on itself. Just something i read, seemed to make sense. Anyway, Hope that was a bit more on topic for you Simeonie. Good question though i love talking about this stuff!

"There is no gravity, the earth just sucks"

[chimera]

Infinities in my eyes are not really real, but mathematical abstractions. Like the hare eventually overtakes the tortoise, although all the paperwork says this is rubbish, you should sit down and take whatever medication you're on.

Like Moore's law, which predicts a doubling in processing power every umpteen months, is a statistical pattern of the stubborn variety, but not really a law. It will fail, simply becuase there is a limit to what you can do - unless you change the way you work drastically, by introducing altogether different technology. Meaning that if we shift to computing that uses quantum mechanics and light, we'd still call it a computer, but it's really a different machine.
This kind of 'inclusion' keeps Moore's law alive, naturally.

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[cinnamon_spider]

Interesting point Dean.

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[simeonie (OP)]

Dean there can't be an end to space because if there was just a wall there, there would have to be something on the other side of the wall. I think this question is a bit too big for any human mind to tackle really.

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[Ians Daddy]

My thoughts are that everything in the universe is an accumilation of spheres / circles. From atomic matter to the shape of the universe. It probably curles around and has no beginning or end. No boundries. Outside the sphere? I don't know...maybe "Heaven / Hell"? Maybe a vacuum. Nothingness, whatever that is. As dark is not dark, but merely the absence of light. Cold is the absence of heat. etc. Outside of infinity is merely the absence of infinity. Damnit, I thought I had something. Now my head hurts.

[Deanwinfield]

Why can't there just be nothing there? like there was at the beginning of time...just nothingness

"There is no gravity, the earth just sucks"

[simeonie (OP)]

Well there might not be anything there and that means there is infinity..... I really think that there can't be an end to the universe. Also the Heaven and Hell thing.... well that doesnt seem right but I dnt know where heaven is I know its somewhere but I do not think it is a place as such.

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[neilep]

quote:Originally posted by Deanwinfield

Why can't there just be nothing there? like there was at the beginning of time...just nothingness

"There is no gravity, the earth just sucks"

Isn't nothingness.......somethingness ?

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[Deanwinfield]

Perhaps our brains just cannot comprehend what is out there past. Or very much past the 4 dimensions we know about. I hope we do understand one day though, i don't see why not...we will probably get killed by something long before then though.

"There is no gravity, the earth just sucks"

[simeonie (OP)]

We will one day when we die understand it all. Do you think there is a 5th dimension then?

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[DoctorBeaver]

quote:Originally posted by simeonie

Do you think there is a 5th dimension then?

There used to be back in the 60s. It was the name of a pop band! heh [:p]

On a more serious note, there's a theory to do with superstrings that requires there to be 27 dimensions.

[chimera]

26. That 27th was your last drink, I think. []

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/constants.html

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[DoctorBeaver]

Hey, what's 1 dimension between friends!

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[chimera]

Now that's a singularly good point you've got there, know that?

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[DoctorBeaver]

Not bad for a man with no brane!

[chimera]

p-braned or d-braned?