Re: D E L U SI O N A L E P I L E P T I C S U P D A T E !
From: John Vreeland (vreejack_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/28/04
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:10:01 -0400
On 18 Oct 2004 23:18:23 -0700, koyanisqatsi@ziplip.com (Koyaanisqatsi
Fahrvergnugen) wrote:
>
>If the density of the universe exceeds a certain threshold known as
>the critical density, this gravitational attraction is strong enough
>to stop and later reverse the expansion of the universe, causing it
>eventually to recollapse in what is known as the "Big Crunch."
> /.../
> For quite some time it has been known
> that the mean density of our universe
> agrees with the critical density
No, it does not. The universe will expand forever and continue
accelerating in that expansion. I think you are confusing this with
the flatness of the universe, which is truely mysterious.
> to within better than a factor of ten.
So they agree within an order of magnitude? That is like going out to
buy a dozen eggs and coming back with two eggs. "Well, honey, it was
within a factor of ten. You should be impressed."
Jack V (Vreejack)
"Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!"--_Ivanhoe_
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