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Rand and Infinity (Was: Re: Rand & Von Neumann....)
From: "Samantha Atkins" <saman...@theLove.org>
Subject: Re: Rand and Infinity (Was: Re: Rand & Von Neumann....)
Date: 1998/05/07
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>If the universe is as you describe then it is not finite:
>How big is it? 1 googol light years? then there is an
>existent in the sequence beyond a googol, so it is
>not a googol light years big. The same is true for ANY
>number you can name.
>
>If the universe is NOT finite, then what is it?
>Or alternatively if finite does not mean "of some
>definite size" then what does it mean?
Ah. But to the best of our knowledge the universe IS finite. It is in the
neighborhood of 15 billion light years in radius although its shape is not
spherical. This universe had an apparent beginning that places a finite
limit on its size. At any particular moment it will be a finite size even
if it goes on expanding far beyond heat death.
- samantha
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