Why?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 12:59, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

Because it's strange to think that.
Same as I can't fathom how the universe is infinite and still expanding, or how we even know that.

We are still discovering things as we go on. In the dark ages they called Science "Religion"
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:01, Reply)

the universe is not infinite
Have you tried reading about any of these fairly basic things which confuse you?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:03, Reply)

citation needed

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:04, Reply)

it's impossible to know the size of the universe
The observable universe is finite.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:08, Reply)

This is like saying I'm in a room and cannot see out so thats all there is

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:11, Reply)

What kind of a house do you live in? I have windows mate.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:16, Reply)

OK
I live in a box
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:18, Reply)

:'(
I have two spare rooms with windows if you need them. They are in Folkestone though sooo.....
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:19, Reply)

living in a caaaardbooooard box

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:31, Reply)

if the universe is infinite in size then it must have existed for an infinite amount of time
Big bang means that there was a starting point, so we know that it has a finite age. It's probably curved, so effectively infinite in that there are no edges, but if you travelled long enough in one direction you would end up back in the place you started from.

Pretty basic stuff.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:26, Reply)

Yeah, and it only took you 15 minutes to google it then reply :)

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:27, Reply)

totes.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:31, Reply)

ha!
I was checking that my understanding was correct.

And it is.

I used to read loads of theoretical physics stuff when I was a kid. I still keep up with it on the pop scientific tip. Stuff like Einsteinian relativity being confirmed by the fact that GPS satellites need to be regularly recalibrated because time is slower on the surface of the earth compared to in orbit.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:32, Reply)

Yeah, isn't Prof Brian Cox AMAZING

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:45, Reply)

He's in my top five X-Men villains

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:46, Reply)

Space then.
You knew what I meant
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:08, Reply)

so you are differentiating between the universe and 'space'?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:09, Reply)

Hush!

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:11, Reply)

The universe expanding is just a theory, I accept this.
It shows us that there a re still a lot of things we don't know about for sure, which is why Parapshychology interests me.
So does Cryptozoology but I'm not saying I believe in Yeti's. It's an interest.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:14, Reply)

He still owes Boyce a tenner or summat

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:18, Reply)

it's not 'just a theory'
It's observable and measurable.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:27, Reply)

using YM's circumference

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:32, Reply)

poor attempt

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 20 Nov 2013, 13:36, Reply)