Re:My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence
by warent on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:19PM
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I'm not sure what you mean by the "actual universe" but there's no proof that space is infinite. Unfathomably vast yes, but still finite.
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Re:My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence
by s1artibartfast on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:36AM
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by actual universe, I meant total universe ( opposed to the observable universe). All of the evidence we have collected so far suggests that the universe is flat and infinite. While some finite universes could be proven, so far we have not.
Re:My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence
by mnjn on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:04AM
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Isn't space itself continuously expanding?
Re:My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence
by mathdev on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:38AM
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Expansion of space doesn’t preclude the universe being infinite.
Re:My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence
by internet_user on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:08AM
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what's the proof it's finite?