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OK, please let me begin by declaring that, YES, I have read around this topic, but I am still stumped.
It continually plagues me. I even had a friend blurt out of the blue the other day, "What's with the universe? Does it just keep on going forever? Or does it stop? If so, what's beyond it?"
I could sense he was troubled by the whole cosmic concept (as we ALL should be!)... and so am I.
All I have read is convoluted ambiguous stuff about definitions of "universe" and "nothingness" etc = word games, no less.
I read a recent thread here about "metrics"... which still doesn't do it for me. I'm not interested in an artificial concept, I'm only interested in the Reality of the whole situation.
Is the universe finite? (= implies a "Beyond")
Is the universe infinite? (= seems nonsensical, and counter-intuitive to "Big Bang" theory)
PLEASE help!
This is a very important & fundamental thing, for ALL of us (even if we aren't aware of it). Thanks!
It continually plagues me. I even had a friend blurt out of the blue the other day, "What's with the universe? Does it just keep on going forever? Or does it stop? If so, what's beyond it?"
I could sense he was troubled by the whole cosmic concept (as we ALL should be!)... and so am I.
All I have read is convoluted ambiguous stuff about definitions of "universe" and "nothingness" etc = word games, no less.
I read a recent thread here about "metrics"... which still doesn't do it for me. I'm not interested in an artificial concept, I'm only interested in the Reality of the whole situation.
Is the universe finite? (= implies a "Beyond")
Is the universe infinite? (= seems nonsensical, and counter-intuitive to "Big Bang" theory)
PLEASE help!
This is a very important & fundamental thing, for ALL of us (even if we aren't aware of it). Thanks!