With regard to the uniformity argument, am I mis-interpreting the math? His flux calculation degrades as defined L/(4 pi D**2), assuming a static lumosity for all stars in an observable universe, which neither of us probably agree with, but we'll assume for simplicities sake. What I am saying is that the distance between most/all other observable universes is so great that we cannot detect their flux because their combined luminosity cannot overcome the degredation caused by the division of D**2.
200 years ago we thought everything in the night sky was stars and planets. Now we know much of what we thought to be stars are actually galaxies. My hope is that eventually someone in the field will determine that some of these stars that we see are/were universe clusters that are close enough for it's light to be detectd. That'll blow everything away, similar to Hawking slamming down the big bang under our current understanding of physics.
Speaking of the big bang, is their a site I can go to that states "here is where to look in the western night sky if you want to see the center of the universe"? I would assume that this is defined somewhere.