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New study suggests the Universe is NOT flat
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If you could it wouldn't be forever. Look at the chart
I got that reference.
Lol
i assumed it was a sphere because when a thing explodes it tends to blow stuff away in every direction of it
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Not necessarily. When you shoot a gun there's an explosion but the shot goes in a straight line.
yes, but only because there's a barrel there to direct the blast
Love the song and the reference.
Doesn't this mean we should just go backwards to get to the end of the universe quicker?
Maybe if it were just our solar system. But the universe is massive and has other solar systems. Our solar system isnt the centre of the universe. There can still be another you plotting your demise
While that is the implication, it's more simply put if you place a universe sized triangle and see whether the sum of interior angles is less or greater than 180 degrees. Or if you shoot a photon, whether it will keep going in a straight line.
The Big Bang was not an explosion. It was the beginning of the process of the expansion of space, which continues to this day. Basically, it is important to not think of the Big Bang as the movement of matter into pre-existing space, but rather as something more resembling the slow filling of a balloon, with all of the universe being located on the surface of the balloon.
IIRC:
A flat universe means that if you shoot 2 parallel beams, they'll always stay parallel no-matter how far they go. (assuming we're not taking gravity into account)
A curved universe means that those beams would either start curving inwards or outwards at some point.
It has nothing to do with the actual "shape" of the universe, which is an expanding sphere.
Quite an interesting discovery if is indeed true.
A flat universe means that if you shoot 2 parallel beams, they'll always stay parallel no-matter how far they go. (assuming we're not taking gravity into account)
A curved universe means that those beams would either start curving inwards or outwards at some point.
It has nothing to do with the actual "shape" of the universe, which is an expanding sphere.
Quite an interesting discovery if is indeed true.
It's not.
This article talks about that plus what a flat universe means.
Most people and scientists who currently exist. This doesn't mean flat in the literal sense.
See below:
Awww ):
It was a widely accepted theory. Here is a write up about it from a few years ago.
I call bullshit, no one knows what's outside. And just because humanity doesn't know what's outside doesn't mean there's not something outside.
That's not really how this sphere works. The shape of space itself is spherical. The places you have to traverse are spherical. You're not on a monopoly board, you're on a spherical board. Something like Pac-Man but not quite.
this is the kind of shit i spend 10 seconds thinking about and then purge from my mind for my own good.
EDIT: actually here's my bullshit science fiction explanation: outside of the sphere is Time. Time without Space.
FWIW, the flat assumption generally describes the universe as a sphere, in the sense that it's isotopic: it's expanding in every direction at the same rate. A sphere here means that the universe would be closed, ie if speed and expansion rate weren't issues you could eventually travel back to where you started. The sphere as you guys mean it a volume while in this case, the sphere is meant as a surface (in a broad, analogous sense).
HAha exactly.
My gut feeling beats smarty pants.
"Flat" doesn't mean "flat", don't worry, i know.
I never assumed it was.
Who cares about that. What about the robots?
Who cares about that. What about the robots?
Everyone knows you just need colonies and/or lunar base manufacturing facilities in order to create super strong lightweight gundanium level alloys to build the robits.
If you prove them wrong in a funny video I maybe subscribe to your YT channel! (no money tho)
