Is the Universe Open, Closed, or Flat?

[mkirkpatrick]

It slipped through the hole in my pocket into the bottomless pit.

Oh well a spent penny can bring relief?





regards michael.

[AntonioLao]

I often find one everyday on the path I walked on but did not pick it up since it's only a penny for my thought.

[mkirkpatrick]

I often find one everyday on the path I walked on but did not pick it up since it's only a penny for my thought.

Your inner wisdom illumines the way ahead for you,you path is set.




regards michael.

[AntonioLao]

I'm afraid it's an infinite loop where and when there is no end and no beginning. Now I'm starting to think it's a doubly linked infinite loops. One pushing inward while the other pulling outward in a perpetual balance of everlasting local infinitesimal dance of circular motion.

[mkirkpatrick]

I'm afraid it's an infinite loop where and when there is no end and no beginning. Now I'm starting to think it's a doubly linked infinite loops. One pushing inward while the other pulling outward in a perpetual balance of everlasting local infinitesimal dance of circular motion.

Much like our dear friend Mobius?




regards michael.

[AntonioLao]

It's now a Moebius twins or Siamese twins.

[ggullet]

There are three possible futures for our Universe. One is open, where the universe continues to expand forever. Another possibility is closed, where the universe will eventually stop expanding, turn around and collapse in on itself. The third possibility is really a special case of the first, the universe continues to expand but at ever slower speeds approaching zero velocity.

what intrigues me about this thread is the number 3. it seems to me there can only be 1 number. freewill or determinism, possibilty allows many futures, closed is not one. second verse same as the first. odd numbers allow doubt