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February 12th, 2004, 05:30 AM
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Re: OT: What is the name of our Universe?
No the current thread is susficent i would think
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February 12th, 2004, 05:47 AM
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Re: OT: What is the name of our Universe?
Not this again. Die thread, die...
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February 12th, 2004, 07:15 AM
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Re: OT: What is the name of our Universe?
I imagine we'll refer to our Universe as just the 'Universe' until we can confirm the existance of other Universes. At that point I'd expect us to start naming Universes like we name Hurricanes.
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February 12th, 2004, 07:40 AM
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Re: OT: What is the name of our Universe?
Could there be more than one universe? If we discover another big region of space that was previously unknown, wouldn't that area still be part of THIS universe?
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February 12th, 2004, 08:53 AM
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Re: OT: What is the name of our Universe?
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February 12th, 2004, 08:57 AM
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Re: OT: What is the name of our Universe?
The very definition of "universe" implies that it contains everything. If another region similar to what we call the universe were discovered, then the term "universe" would apply to both regions in total, and a new term would be needed to describe each sub-universe.
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February 12th, 2004, 01:00 PM
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Re: OT: What is the name of our Universe?
Quote:
Originally posted by Katchoo:
I imagine we'll refer to our Universe as just the 'Universe' until we can confirm the existance of other Universes. At that point I'd expect us to start naming Universes like we name Hurricanes.
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