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9/25/2005 2:06:21 AM
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What's on the outside of the universe?

Seriously, though? Whenever I look at the sky, I always wonder: what is on the outside of our cosmic bubble? The universe expands at a rate of around 1 trillion trillion trillion light-years per second. It would take one heckuva rocket engine to get to its end. But here's another random thought: compare the universe to a rubber band; when you pull it, it stretches. Like how our universe expands. ...But when you let go, it INSTANTLY snaps shut. My point is, if the universe were expanding, chances are its contraction would be around a 1000 times faster, so we'd never feel it. Back on track: what is on the outside of our universe? It's like a video game: there's an invisible wall. There is another side. But you cannot reach it. If you try, your character dies. It's impossible to imagine nothing on the outside of a barrier. What is outside the universe's boundary? What does that boundary look like? It freaks me out just thinking about it; like humanity isn't ever supposed to know the answer. Try it: try thinking of an "outside" to the universe. It will give you a headache. What's preventing us from imagining the outside of the universe???
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  • Woah, where did the discusson go? I think there has to be something outside the universe, because if you think about it, the univrese is expanding, isn't it? Therefore it has to be expanding into something. If it was infinite, how could be detect if it was expanding? There has to be an edge which is expanding constantly, otherwise we would never know it was expanding. Like this: Count to infinity (the universe). Increase that number by one (universe expands). It's still infinity. Since we know the universe DOES expand, we can say that it's not infinite. Count to a big number. Add one. Now you have a bigger number. The universe is big but not infinite, letting it expand. So there has to be something out there. Maybe it's just nothing. Can you imagine nothing? I can't.

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