Today I put the following on “Facebook” then
“Twitter”:
“Just done a bit of research. Halpern &
Tomasello (2002) estimated the observable universe to be 90.68 billion years
across. But according to Ethan Siegel (2012) the Entire Universe is 14 Trillion
+ LY across. Yet, I wonder, is that "The Whole Thing"???”
Well, according to most sources, The Universe is
supposed to be “everything” that Exists. That’s all matter, energy, galaxies,
stars, planets and all space in-between.
Yet the “space” we can see is a sphere more than 14
Trillion light years in diameter. (Let’s not debate whether it’s a sphere or
circle or whatever). So what we see is but a “sample” of that great explosion
of matter that allegedly started with “The Big Bang”. How the Big Bang could spring
from a quantum singularity or whatever is beyond me, but still…
The thing is, what We call “the universe” is
actually an explosion of matter etc. that is still taking place so that said
universe is expanding. As I say, this explosion has grown in size like
(poetically) the opening petals of a flower, to beyond 14 Trillion Light Years.
That’s awesomely impressive. However, I still must
ask, is there anything out there beyond this explosion? If there is
anything beyond “The Explosion” then said explosion cannot be the Whole Universe!
Or, as I said in my title, it cannot be “The Whole Thing”.
Indeed in my book Space has to be Infinite.
And by the same token Time must be Eternal. There simply always has to be
a “Beyond”
and a “Later”. With Time, the future always beckons. In Space there is
always somewhere else to go.
No doubt our Scientists and Mathematicians will come
up with formulae to “prove” that Never Ending Space-Time does not exist. But my
own mind cannot let go of the concepts of “further” or “more days”.
And here’s another interesting quotation, from “Vocabulary
dot com”:
“The Cosmos
is the sum total of everything — pretty big. It's hard to wrap your mind around
the Cosmos, as it extends far
beyond the Milky Way, or far-off galaxies, or even our own universe.”
Like me, this definition asserts that there may be something
beyond our universe. Most sources, however, use “universe” and “cosmos” interchangeably.
“Existence” is another synonym used for “universe”.
My point remains that there must be something beyond
even the widest “Cosmos” you can imagine. I see, by the way, that “Parallel Universes”
and “Multiverses” fall within the “Vocabulary Dot Com” definition of the “Cosmos”.
There may, of course, be an infinite number of Multiverses.
You just can’t beat an Infinite Eternity. Nuff Said.
(PS – 11\12 – I read that there also happens to be an
American tropical sunflower (of many colours) called “Cosmos” (a plant “genus”)
native to Mexico. That matches my image of the universe expanding like a flower
opening…)
Paul
Butters
©
PB 10\12\2017.
