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From: dbb@aicchi.UUCP (Burch)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Clumping doesn't fix Olber's paradox
Message-ID: <718@aicchi.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Mar-86 23:42:56 EST
Article-I.D.: aicchi.718
Posted: Sun Mar 16 23:42:56 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 19-Mar-86 04:49:59 EST
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Reply-To: dbb@aicchi.UUCP (Burch)
Organization: Analysts International Corp; Chicago Branch
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Keywords: Olber, Spacetime, Hubble Constant
Summary: Assumptions about Spacetime


If one makes the correct assumptions about the Hubble Constant, or the age
of the universe, or the shape of spacetime, you can assume an infinite
universe full of stars and stuff. If the Hubble constant is high (?) enough,
We cannot see them because the rate of expansion is so high that the light
from these sources NEVER reaches us, or for a lower value, has not had time
to reach us since the universe formed stars.  If one assumes a wierd sort
of structure for spacetime, one can explain that the light is dropped down
some hole eventually, and never gets out. One must mistrust mind experiments;
They often make some unsupportable assumptions...

 


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-David B. (Ben) Burch
 Analyst's International Corp.
 Chicago Branch (ihnp4!aicchi!dbb)

"Argue for your limitations, and they are yours"