So much like Earth, no matter which direction we go in we'll end up going in circles
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Oct-09-2003 23:17
Yoepus
Neo-condimist
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Ketchup fields, Texas
so if you get to the edge of the universe, do you just fall off?
Oct-09-2003 23:58
occrider
Traveladdict
Registered: Oct 2000
Location: New York
quote:
Originally posted by Yoepus
so if you get to the edge of the universe, do you just fall off?
What edge?
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Oct-10-2003 00:09
PhloTron
EJECT EJECT EJECT !!!
Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Isle of Spam
c'mon...don't you remember the universe is flat? lol
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Oct-10-2003 00:41
Psionic
Dark & Dirty
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Boston, MA
You mean the world genius :P
Oct-10-2003 01:16
nic01445
Was guckst du?
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: HERE AND NOW
quote:
The real universe is more complex than a sheet of paper, of course.
WHAT?! REALLY?!
quote:
The new study, led by Jean-Pierre Luminet of the Paris Observatory, suggests the universe is a dodecahedron -- a complex pattern of 12 pentagonal shapes -- with opposite faces connected up in pairs, like the opposite edges of the sheet of paper described above. A traveler exiting the dodecahedron through any face returns from the opposite face.
why did he decide that the universe is 12 sided? why not more sides? why not less? (honest question )
Oct-10-2003 02:29
Tranex02
/confused
Registered: May 2001
Location: United States
quote:
Originally posted by nic01445
why did he decide that the universe is 12 sided? why not more sides? why not less? (honest question )
Because a 12-sided shape (dodecahedron) is the only shape that would correspond to the "cosmic microwave background" radiation data recieved.
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Oct-10-2003 19:22
ResonantDrag
BeanAddict
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: just visiting
why are they trying to apply 3 dimensional thought to something much more complex? i poop on those people.
Oct-13-2003 14:18
LiquidX
It's All OvA!
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: In Ur Mind
How can they even come up with theorys like that... whats outside the universe then?.. wierd stuff.. ehh.
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Oct-13-2003 15:19
occrider
Traveladdict
Registered: Oct 2000
Location: New York
quote:
Originally posted by LiquidX
How can they even come up with theorys like that... whats outside the universe then?.. wierd stuff.. ehh.
There is nothing outside of the universe. I think you are envisioning the universe as being inside the soccer ball, which is not the case. As we travel across the universe, we are actually traversing the surface of each dodecahedron. Therefore the farther we travel in space, eventually we traverse the entire collection of dodecahedrons to arrive right back at where we started. So in as much as Earth is finite yet boundless, (we can never fall off any edge or reach a dead end) the universe itself is similarly curved to be finite yet boundless. The confusion comes from us being grounded in 3 dimensional thinking.
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Oct-13-2003 16:01
Tranex02
/confused
Registered: May 2001
Location: United States
quote:
Originally posted by ResonantDrag
why are they trying to apply 3 dimensional thought to something much more complex? i poop on those people.
Well, this is just one theory out of many. If you browse the site, u can come accross other theories dealing with 5-Dimensions and other wild ideas...
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Oct-13-2003 16:45
LiquidX
It's All OvA!
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: In Ur Mind
quote:
Originally posted by occrider
There is nothing outside of the universe. I think you are envisioning the universe as being inside the soccer ball, which is not the case. As we travel across the universe, we are actually traversing the surface of each dodecahedron. Therefore the farther we travel in space, eventually we traverse the entire collection of dodecahedrons to arrive right back at where we started. So in as much as Earth is finite yet boundless, (we can never fall off any edge or reach a dead end) the universe itself is similarly curved to be finite yet boundless. The confusion comes from us being grounded in 3 dimensional thinking.
If so.. then the Big Bang is not really a bang? ( In terms of expanding ).. what about going up and down??.. how can you travel throuhg the surface still?
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