Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Albert Wagner (albertwagner_at_cox.net)
Date: 03/04/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 20:10:55 -0600

Lester Zick wrote:
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> And any direction you look you look into the past. That means if you
> look out far enough you're looking at the origin of time.

That sounds logical, but it certainly doesn't fit the balloon.
Look out far enough and you are looking at yourself. By the
balloon analogy the oldest point in time is alway opposite the
observer. By the balloon analogy, one could look in opposite
directions and see the same thing with different red shifts.

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