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To: jesseam
The Universe is creating the very space that it is expanding into???

In a sense, yes. Don't worry, it's a very hard concept to grasp, and no one knows for sure how to relate to it (even is you study such stuff most of your life). But according to theory, "space" just didn't exist. The three dimensions of space just "weren't there", so to speak.

24 posted on 06/13/2009 10:05:10 PM PDT by Clock King
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To: Clock King
“The Universe is creating the very space that it is expanding into???”

“In a sense, yes. Don't worry, it's a very hard concept to grasp, and no one knows for sure how to relate to it (even is you study such stuff most of your life). But according to theory, “space” just didn't exist. The three dimensions of space just “weren't there”, so to speak.”

For those who are interested in this subject; I recommend Stephen Hawking's book “A Briefer History of Time”. Not to worry, it's a small book and a quick read if you don't start thinking too much. Hawking does his best to write so that we lay folks can grasp most, ok some, of his book. Anyway, I found the book very interesting and it's fascinating to have some insight into one of the few minds in the world that can actually comprehend quantum physics.

26 posted on 06/14/2009 4:58:40 AM PDT by snoringbear (Government is the Pimp,)
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