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Re:The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early ... by deepsun on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:05PM (#34363821)
To "what exists today, beyond 13.7 billion light years", I'd rather say that "it doesn't exist yet". Because, otherwise, it assumes there's some "global universe time" like UTC or something. But all there is is our light cone.
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Re:The James Webb Space Telescope is finding too many early ... by dougmwne on Friday January 13, 2023 @11:36AM (#34370157)
That is fair. We are veering into metaphysics or religion if we talk about what exists there today, or even if there could be any relationship between our “today” and their “today”. By definition there is no causal connection. I’ll get back to you on that once I finish inventing my Time Machine.
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