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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by PUSH_AX on Monday January 02, 2023 @03:43AM (#34215774)
If “everywhere” is an infinitesimal point, is there much difference?
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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by rodamaral on Monday January 02, 2023 @10:09AM (#34218665)
Everywhere was not an infinitesimal point, if the present Universe is infinite (as it seems to be). In this case, the Universe was already infinite at the very first meaningful instant of time.
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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by lamontcg on Monday January 02, 2023 @02:55PM (#34222800)
To be more pedantically precise:

The big bang was not like a firecracker that went off in pre-existing, infinite flat space-time...

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Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by PUSH_AX on Monday January 09, 2023 @04:38AM (#34308499)
There are two replies to my comment, yours and someone else's. They both say the opposite thing!
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