[Phoenix-D]

Originally posted by Grandpa Kim:
Okay, I give up. If you insist on putting limits to infinity I am unable to present a coherent argument. All I will say is you haven't thought it through.

As it happens, I'm not putting limits on. You're just disregarding the space argument..

ie: Where does that degraded photon energy go?
How do you know infinite space is possible without infinite time?

The photon energy is lost, or absorbed. Some fraction is sent on, which then hits something else and repeats the process. Infinite number of photons..infinite number of barriers. And at any given time, only a finite number of those photons are actually arriving at any given point.

This is a great thought exercise for expanding your personal universe. Think about the ramifications of infinity long enough and it begins to collapse like a house of cards. Anything and everything is possible-- no, not possible but has occurred an infinite number of times.
So maybe the universe is infinite.

But I don't believe it. The universe is finite.

Try this thought exericise then. If the universe is finite- what happens when you reach the edge? I'd have an easier time beliving that -space- is infinite, even if matter isn't.

EDIT: word-level typos.

[ November 01, 2003, 23:07: Message edited by: Phoenix-D ]