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From: mcgeer%ji@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (Rick McGeer)
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Subject: Re:  Olber's paradox
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 12:33:08 EST
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(1) You're assuming finite volume to the Universe, as well as finite time
(not a bad assumption);

(2) The fact that time has a beginning is a relatively recent discovery
(Hawking and Penrose, 1965), and is dependent upon the observed expansion
of the Universe.  Hence the universe can only be said to have a beginning
in time if it expands.

						-- Rick.