[ExI] ​Popper and unscientific theories

Rafal Smigrodzki rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com
Fri Jun 10 23:48:26 UTC 2016


On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 4:57 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> If Popper is right then the scientific conclusion is that the Earth is at
> the center of the universe. ​At most only one place can be the center
> (infinite things have no center at all) but lots of places can be off center
> ​,​
> ​ thus​
> it would seem very unlikely
> ​that ​
> I just happened to be at the center of spherical universe with a 13.8
> billion light year radius. So I disagree with Popper and conclude there are
> parts of the universe I can never see even in theory.
>
>
> ### Observers on the surface of a sphere see themselves in the middle of a
plane, surrounded by a circle horizon. Observers on the surface of a
hypersphere see themselves in the middle of space, surrounded by a
spherical horizon.

Every observer is always in the center of his universe.

Rafał
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