Path: ...!uucp.uio.no!fnord.no!news1.firedrake.org!nntp.terraraq.uk!usenet.goja.nl.eu.org!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: understanding of the universe. Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:48:07 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <87ttl7in0m.fsf@tudado.org> <87cyrocxzn.fsf@tudado.org> Reply-To: JAB MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 01:48:07 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="22b3a4ee3221c3e3cbf7a53513af51c2"; logging-data="1935324"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18AEz6cSpxNsIWlqJki/BzT" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Q+9PGV7brXqnE+4kgS7PKKg1fek= Bytes: 1732 On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:57:48 -0300, Johanne Fairchild wrote: >What is the central point? Us? There is no centre of the universe! According to the standard theories of cosmology, the universe started with a "Big Bang" about 14 thousand million years ago and has been expanding ever since. Yet there is no centre to the expansion; it is the same everywhere. https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/centre.html >> That said, I believe their reasoning is flawed.... >I'm all ears, although I'm I've no sophistication in the area. Related to Thermodynamics ...