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In reply to the discussion: What if the universe had no beginning? [View all]slightlv
(2,787 posts)15. I always thought the use of the concept of "Infinite"
was a space holder when you didn't know what the real concept actually was. That there wasn't actually anything such as "infinite." Am I way off base with this belief? If so, I've sure carried it around a LONG time. Someone enlighten me! It's midnight, and I really don't want to do a google search. I've got a couple of cracked ribs and I'm really ready to take a pain pill and head to bed. And I truly have thought there was no such reality as "infinite" anything. (shrug)
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Asserting that there exists "atoms" that are the smallest possible expression of....
LudwigPastorius
Oct 2021
#14
I personally am not eager to do away with the Big Bang Theory in favor of mathematical harmony.
NH Ethylene
Oct 2021
#70
Just as GR "replaced" Newtonian gravitation for massive objects / highly curved spacetime,
VWolf
Oct 2021
#31
I'm just the opposite. I've always thought that infinity was the one true reality
Walleye
Oct 2021
#27
Does not explain why the universe does not look similar to todays as we peer further
cstanleytech
Oct 2021
#58