To: VadeRetro
"No. The space is expanding. The mass is just staying put within the space."
I don't think this is going to get across. The concepts are just a little too difficult for most folks to grasp, I'm afraid.
The concept of space isn't something that most people understand, and it's hard to explain, since it requires stepping away from observable reality.
76 posted on
03/16/2006 12:24:22 PM PST by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: MineralMan
I don't think this is going to get across. The concepts are just a little too difficult for most folks to grasp, I'm afraid. The balloon analogy was what worked for me.
79 posted on
03/16/2006 12:27:06 PM PST by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: MineralMan
Hah! Space is just the training wheels. Time is for midshipmen. Space-time is ...
Well, I still have trouble with that one.
81 posted on
03/16/2006 12:27:45 PM PST by
VadeRetro
(I have the updated "Your brain on creationism" on my homepage.)
To: MineralMan
The concept of space isn't something that most people understand, and it's hard to explain, since it requires stepping away from observable reality.I am one that you refer to: So please allow the question: Is there an edge to space?
500 posted on
03/17/2006 1:56:21 PM PST by
AxelPaulsenJr
(More people died in Ted Kennedy's car than hunting with Dick Cheney.)
To: MineralMan
You Wrote: "I don't think this is going to get across. The concepts are just a little too difficult for most folks to grasp, I'm afraid. The concept of space isn't something that most people understand, and it's hard to explain, since it requires stepping away from observable reality."
Is this what you scientific guys call thinking outside the box?
685 posted on
03/20/2006 8:19:11 AM PST by
An Old Man
(USMC 1956 1960)
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