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Originally Posted by Trapped
Okay, I understand the ruler analogy. Thanks. But this would mean the universe went from absolute zero space to infinite space in a nanonanonanonanonanosecond? It seems strange there is no interim where the universe is 1 foot across, then 10 miles across, then 1,000, then 1,000,000, etc.
Can you have infinite space and infinite mass? It seems if this was the case then density would always be 1, or at least unchanging. If the universe is expanding wouldn't it by definition be getting less dense? Or does its infinite nature undo that?
(Infinity in math is a mind-blower......like all the even and odd numbers to infinity is the same as just all the odd numbers to infinity. One is a subset of the other, but they are still the same in "quantity").  |
As a young Catholic kid I struggled with infinity. Like how old is God, and what was God doing all that time before creation? My young brain would finally explode, and I would give up. Now I distinguish between eternal life and everlasting life. Eternal life is timeless, and everlasting life is time without ending. I don't know if it's true, but at least my brain stopped exploding.