Re:How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe?
by Dylan16807 on Sunday October 20, 2019 @03:19PM
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> I think the best thing we can do at this point is to agree to disagree
I would say yes to this except for your parenthetical there. Reading that, I think we're finally on the same page.
> unless it merely duplicates a set of measurements that could just as well have been made locally, in which case the excercise would have been pointless
Yes, it does duplicate the measurements that could have been made locally. But to whoever is writing the proof it's easier to use them in the 'remote galaxy' form. So it's not pointless. It's a critical part of that particular proof.
So with that noted down, I think everything is resolved?
I would say yes to this except for your parenthetical there. Reading that, I think we're finally on the same page.
> unless it merely duplicates a set of measurements that could just as well have been made locally, in which case the excercise would have been pointless
Yes, it does duplicate the measurements that could have been made locally. But to whoever is writing the proof it's easier to use them in the 'remote galaxy' form. So it's not pointless. It's a critical part of that particular proof.
So with that noted down, I think everything is resolved?