> Behalf Of Kevin Street > Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2005 6:43 PM > > Andrew Paul wrote: > > > > I would have thought that was the case anyway. Surely the universe > > > > does have zero momentum? Doesn't it? > > > > > Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > > Relative to what? > > > > Andrew Paul wrote: > > Yes, exactly... > > > > I guess I was taking the view that kinda by definition, it would have to > > have zero momentum overall. But I suppose that depends if you think the > > universe is a zero-sum game or not. Infinite and zero-sum, yea, that > > sounds like a good sort of universe. > > I guess questions about things like momentum, size, and stuff like that > don't really have any meaning when we're talking about the whole universe > - > since by definition, the universe includes everything. There isn't > anything > for the universe to move through that would let it have momentum in the > first place. We can tell that the universe is growing compared to its size > in the past (or rather, we can look at local conditions, measure the rate > of > change, and extrapolate from there), and measure the rate of expansion, > but > that doesn't mean that the universe is growing into empty space. The > expansion can only be measured from inside. That's why the *apparent* rate > of growth of the universe's farther regions (far past what we can see) can > be many times the speed of light. > > Kevin Street
All I know is it's a pretty damn funky concept. And now I am wondering if there is such a thing as a maximum speed for time. Yes, I know, that sounds really stupid, I guess that's cos it is, but there is supposedly a maximum speed for light, what does that mean in terms of time? Andrew _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
