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To: Potowmack
What if the universe (in one form or another) has always existed?

Einstein's Theory of Relativity already addressed the issue. It has a beginning.

306 posted on 03/07/2006 7:00:13 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
Einstein's Theory of Relativity already addressed the issue.

Got one of his books right here beside the terminal. It is the one that uses actual math, so those who don't like algebra wouldn't be interested. He says, "From the measured value of h (Hubble constant) we get for the time of existence of the world up to now 1.5 x 109 years. This is about the same as that which one has obtained from the disintegration of uranium for the firm crust of the earth. This is a paradoxical result, which for more than one reason has aroused doubts as to the validity of the theory."

14 x 109 years would be closer to the modern estimated age, or for earth alone 4.5 x 109 years.

317 posted on 03/07/2006 7:11:39 PM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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