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multigraincracker

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21. Infinite time and space is hard to comprehend.

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:44 AM

Feb 24

No beginning and no end to either. That means it is all happening infinite times and places. When we get to the end of this universe now, it’s happening infinite times and place. No ends and no beginnings.
For some reason our brains can not handle this. Yet there is no other answer.

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Too Late to Apologize! James Webb Telescope New study just made the "crisis in cosmology" WORSE... [View all] Sancho Feb 24 OP

That's how science works... QueerDuck Feb 24 #1

Well said. niyad Feb 24 #3

Exactly, "...the way the textbooks promised" sounds like something a pseudo-scientist would say William Seger Feb 24 #7

KNR niyad Feb 24 #2

Be a heck of a thing if the Continuous Universe thing came back. Girard442 Feb 24 #4

The eternal universe model never left. AZ8theist Feb 24 #16

Not happening... VMA131Marine Feb 24 #29

I read Fred Hoyle early on. usonian Feb 24 #30

His novel, "The Black Cloud" was quite entertaining. Girard442 Feb 24 #31

DA FUCK? A crisis like this and there ain't nobody doin' nuthin' 'bout it? 3Hotdogs Feb 24 #5

Everyone is distracted by the Epstein Files...🤪 MiHale Feb 24 #6

And the answer isn't even in the Trumpstein Files at all! Layzeebeaver Feb 24 #26

Celebrate the evolution of cosmological crisis management. Marcuse Feb 24 #8

He was right. Historic NY Feb 24 #11

Not really a crisis edhopper Feb 24 #9

Yeah, but putting the word "crisis" in the headline makes for more clicks... Wounded Bear Feb 24 #15

Cosmologists are obviously just "Crisis Actors" Layzeebeaver Feb 24 #27

LOL... Wounded Bear Feb 24 #28

For goodness sake, just ask AI StarryNite Feb 24 #10

Who'd have thought the universe is infinite and timeless Clouds Passing Feb 24 #12

Me!!! LymphocyteLover Feb 24 #14

Infinite time and space is hard to comprehend. multigraincracker Feb 24 #21

. . . John1956PA Feb 24 #25

very cool! But does anyone know what that little cartoon image is, in the middle of the cover picture? It looks like a LymphocyteLover Feb 24 #13

That's the James Webb Telescope (JWT)... Wounded Bear Feb 24 #18

That's the James Webb Space Telescope. AZ8theist Feb 24 #19

Thanks! I had no idea that's what it looked like LymphocyteLover Feb 24 #37

You're welcome! AZ8theist Feb 24 #42

wow, thanks! It's a very impressive device LymphocyteLover Wednesday #43

We haven't been around very long in terms of what we see as the age of the Cosmos. patphil Feb 24 #17

We are in a race between discovery and self-annihilation. LuvLoogie Feb 24 #20

As Albert Einstein famously said... Pluvious Feb 24 #33

it has to! LymphocyteLover Feb 24 #38

Compared to the Universe (13.8 billion years): Humans have been present for roughly 0.002%... Ol Janx Spirit Feb 24 #22

To paraphrase John Prine: Bo Zarts Feb 24 #23

You have to appreciate real science Farmer-Rick Feb 24 #24

The science fiction writers were right. usonian Feb 24 #32

Another astute observation... Pluvious Feb 24 #34

He regretted one thing. usonian Feb 24 #35

Whoa... Pluvious Feb 24 #36

Being interested in science from practically day one, I knew about this all along. usonian Feb 24 #40

That's a powerful list, thanks for sharing (nt) Pluvious Feb 24 #41

'They're LYING TO YOU !' NeoTrajan Feb 24 #39