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To: achilles2000
I walked over a mile each way to school on city streets when I was well under 14.

The universe is constantly expanding; a mile is longer now than back in our day.

32 posted on 05/30/2014 8:24:10 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: kevao
The universe is constantly expanding; a mile is longer now than back in our day.

We are getting larger too, and our steps are longer. The same mile takes the same number of steps, regardless of the expansion factor.

This is easy to prove if you simply think that the space remains the same, but the ruler gets shorter.

38 posted on 05/30/2014 8:48:07 PM PDT by Greysard
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To: kevao

Thank you for that thought. The next time someone comments on my somewhat increased girth, I’ll have to claim that the universe is constantly expanding, hence their observation of me. That’s the ticket!


43 posted on 05/30/2014 9:14:37 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: kevao

I never thought of that ;-)


61 posted on 05/31/2014 5:51:59 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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