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Old 18-08-2016, 07:23 AM
StuTodd
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Originally Posted by Cimitar View Post

I often hear the analogy: take a deflated balloon, draw 3 dots on it, and then inflate the balloon. All of the dots will appear to move away from each other (relative to one another). Thus there is no apparent centre to the Universe as all remote galaxies appear to be moving away from your point of reference.

Cheers, Evan
So no matter what your wife tells you, you ARE at the centre of the universe

I have always wondered if we rely upon early physicists calculations too much. We certainly are seeing things which our physics and maths find awkward to fit into.

We were killing people for saying the sun was central in the solar system not too long ago in history! We believed the Earth is flat too. Who is to say the speed of light can't be beaten...if new theory explains more than the old equations, run with it!

Stu
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