universe question lol

OperaDad
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:00:58 +0000

The universe is not “matter”.



Say’s who? Everything has a definition based upon context. Talk to an astronomer, and you may be correct. Talk to the average Joe on the street, and his concept of the Universe is the “matter”, or the “stuff”. In order to have a rational discussion, you need to understand the context of the discussion, and the underlying assumptions. Keep up your attitude, and you will be talking past people for the rest of your life. If you are going to tell the average Joe there is no boundary, then you have to explain, in terms they can understand, how the common layman’s view of the universe differs from an enlightened point of view.

If something is 14 billion light years away, and the universe is a little more than 14 billion years old, then:

1) How far away was it when the light left the object to travel here?
2) How long did it take to get here (Light’s time, origin object’s time, our time)?
3) How did it get that far away so quickly after the formation of the universe?
4) How far away is it now?