[ExI] Could the Universe Be Finite?

[Jason Resch]

On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 1:51 PM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Finite or infinite, I can't see any practical application
>

Perhaps there are no applications, but there are implications of living in
an infinite reality:


   -
   https://alwaysasking.com/how-big-is-the-universe/#Implications_of_an_Infinite_Reality
   - https://alwaysasking.com/why-does-anything-exist/#Implications


Jason


>
> Keith
>
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 8:45 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 6:41 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> It’s not absurd to think the universe might have an edge.
> >> By Eric Schwitzgebel & Jacob Barandes    December 15, 2023
> >>
> >> On recent estimates, the observable universe—the portion of the
> >> universe that we can detect through our telescopes—extends about 47
> >> billion light-years in every direction. But the limit of what we can
> >> see is one thing, and the limit of what exists is quite another.
> >>
> >> <https://nautil.us/could-the-universe-be-finite-466593/>
> >> Quote:
> >> Leading cosmologists, including Alex Vilenkin, Max Tegmark, and Andrei
> >> Linde, have argued that spatial infinitude is the natural consequence
> >> of the best current theories of cosmic inflation. Given that, plus the
> >> absence of evidence for an edge or closed topology, infinitude seems a
> >> reasonable default view. The mere 47 billion light-years we can see is
> >> the tiniest speck of a smidgen of a drop in an endless expanse.
> >
> >
> > Here is a good explanation of how the universe can be spatially infinite
> when seen from inside a finite bubble created by inflation:
> >
> > https://youtu.be/rfeJhzPq3jQ
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
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