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Re:My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence by warent on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:19PM (#23597119)
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.
Re:My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence by s1artibartfast on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:36AM (#23597539)
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 (#23597443)
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 (#23598034)
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 (#23597278)
what's the proof it's finite?
Re:My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence by warent on Monday June 22, 2020 @01:27AM (#23597509)
Our senses are finite; we cannot directly know infinity through them. Because of that, I think the burden of proof is on the claim that it is infinite.