Strange that a DMX album is making me contemplate the existence of God and faith and whatnot.
Just listening to one of those crazy AM shows for truck drivers. Some scientist on talking about how big the universe is.
Take a straight line from any point on the surface of the earth and go straight out as fast as you like (i.e. the speed of light) and you will NEVER come to the end of the universe.
Course, a pseudofamous sci-fi writer says that at the end of the universe all space travels will encounter a brick wall. Naturally, you will need an "infinite cherry pit drive", or something like that, to travel fast enough to get to the edge of the universe before you die.
more tomorrow.
Just listening to one of those crazy AM shows for truck drivers. Some scientist on talking about how big the universe is.
Take a straight line from any point on the surface of the earth and go straight out as fast as you like (i.e. the speed of light) and you will NEVER come to the end of the universe.
Course, a pseudofamous sci-fi writer says that at the end of the universe all space travels will encounter a brick wall. Naturally, you will need an "infinite cherry pit drive", or something like that, to travel fast enough to get to the edge of the universe before you die.
more tomorrow.
jbone:
I disagree. The universe is finite, not infinite. He probably meant that the universe is expanding at the speed of light, and nothing in the universe can travel faster than that speed. So that's why you wouldn't reach the end of it. But it's still finite. And other universes may exist...if interested, pick up a copy of Astronomy or Discover magazine. 