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A comment on If the universe is 13.8B years old, how can we see 46B light years away? (2018). Parent comment

Re:If the universe is 13.8B years old, how can we see 46B li... by mellosouls on Saturday December 07, 2019 @12:11PM (#21731304)
Your dismissal underestimates the qualifications and pedigree of an established and excellent populariser of "cool" scientific topics.

Sure he goes for clickbaity articles now and then, but he's pretty good at them in my experience, and your summary is both incorrect (there is no "current" over that distance scale) and leaves all explanation out.

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Re:If the universe is 13.8B years old, how can we see 46B li... by eanzenberg on Saturday December 07, 2019 @02:44PM (#21732157)
It’s about as wrong as looking out a window and claiming the earth is flat “because it’s easier to imagine.” Just as dangerous, too...
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