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can infinity be expanded?

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 15:20:43 2020 No.12007696 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12007861 >>12007913

what does this mean for understanding cosmology & time

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 15:45:08 No.12007734 Report

Quoted By: >>12007844

Infinity is an abstract concept.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 16:45:38 No.12007844 Report

Quoted By: >>12007860

>>12007734
how do you wrestle with a finite universe, in both space & time tho?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 16:51:52 No.12007860 Report

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>>12007844
I don't even know for sure what the Earth is.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 16:52:00 No.12007861 Report

Quoted By: >>12007927

>>12007696
>what does this mean for understanding cosmology & time
is it a question?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 17:00:07 No.12007883 Report

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>Time never began
>Time cannot be infinite
...

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 17:10:13 No.12007913 Report

Quoted By: >>12007927

>>12007696
>can infinity be expanded?
what?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 17:14:02 No.12007927 Report

Quoted By: >>12008031

>>12007861
>is it a question?
Well it indicates that neither can't be infinite. But a finite multiverse that began in time.. it's hard to grasp
>>12007913
what

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 17:49:00 No.12008031 Report

Quoted By: >>12008077

>>12007927
what does it mean for infinity to expand

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 18:03:08 No.12008077 Report

Quoted By: >>12008581

>>12008031
The question is a contradiction. It can't expand. Maybe it doesn't exist but I believe it does. It's undetermined. it's a clue.. a clue to something

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Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 20:34:19 No.12008581 Report

Quoted By: >>12008619

>>12008077
why can't it expand?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 20:41:21 No.12008619 Report

Quoted By: >>12008685

>>12008581
What would it *expand* in to, you feel?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Aug 2020 20:55:08 No.12008685 Report

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>>12008619
into a bigger infinity
but why does it even need something else to contain it
just care about the intrinsic properties
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_geometry#Intrinsic_versus_extrinsic

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