On Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 6:49:39 AM UTC-7 Quentin Anciaux wrote:
AG, you’re cherry-picking while ignoring the full context. My statement was a conditional explanation, not a categorical claim. Here’s what I actually said: "If the universe was infinite at one moment, it stays infinite—shrinking only applies to what is within our causal past, not the entire space." And earlier: "We don’t know if the universe is infinite or finite. Observations are consistent with both possibilities." I was explaining the logical consequences of an infinite universe—not asserting that the universe is infinite. Your failure to distinguish between an explanation and a claim is your problem, not mine. Quentin *I would have written it differently. To avoid confusion, I would have begun each statement with the phrase, "When modelling the universe as infinite (finite), the following is the case, ... . " Not worth arguing about. AG* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/54c4648f-b056-41b0-8e01-85dd173a6155n%40googlegroups.com.

