kraftiekortie wrote:
The Universe is something which can be speculated on endlessly---and much of the speculation could turn out to be correct.
However, I find that one really cannot determine the complete efficacy of any cosmological theory until one actually experiences travel away from the confines of the Earth/Moon system.
I tend to believe, "on faith," that the Universe is infinite.
it does not require experience in a physical sense to understand underlying concepts.
well some conceptual thoughts are, "infinity" and "negative infinity" are at the extremes of a never ending spectrum, which is bisectable by zero.
zero lies midway between + and - infinity, but zero does not exist.
so if +infinity is added to -infinity, then zero is the result.
what a dilemma.
nothing is the "sum total" of the universe one would be forgiven for thinking.
but since the universe is composed of points of locality which have no dimensional existence and yet compose infinity, then ..... we just got to evolve for a few thousand years intellectually to embrace the idea i guess.