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Flat universe and dark energy
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 Joined: Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:38 am Posts: 6670 Location: Darkest Antartica Country: 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11810553
I guess the issue isn't being left in the  dark. _________________  |
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 Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:58 pm Posts: 2788 Location: Kalifornio Country: 
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I had a theory where the universe was like Pac-man.
Guess I might be right... |
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| Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:54 pm |
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 Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:51 am Posts: 2014 Location: Paradise Country: 
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I thought it was more of a never ending sea of planets, stars, and all that.
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Site Admin  Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:32 am Posts: 11709 Country: 
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I guess we can thank this information on the
expansion of technology. |
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Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:51 am Posts: 2014 Location: Paradise Country:
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That's good. Meaning that tecnology won't end in a
flatline. |
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| Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:03 pm |
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 Joined: Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:10 am Posts: 2601 Location: Australia - Sydney Gender: Male Currently Playing: Ninja Gaiden III
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That can't be right, if the earth has three dimensions, so too should the universe.
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| Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:51 am |
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Site Admin  Joined: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:06 pm Posts: 2729 Location: Lost in memories Country:
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Yeah; there's no point in thinking to hard about it; Things we know for a FACT today are disproved the next _________________ Child ~ CardCaptor Sakura |
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| Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:57 am |
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 Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:26 am Posts: 648 Gender: Anime Girl
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The flatness talked about here does not have to do with a supposed two-dimensionality, but with something quite more elusive. The other options beside being flat are being spherical and being hyperbolical. The results of being spherical would be that a projectile moving in a straight trajectory would arrive at the same location after a very long time (compare this to a straight line in spherical geometry). I am not well-informed about the argument, but the difference between flat geometry and hyperbolical geometry seem conceptually 'obvious' to me, though I am not sure what that difference would result in.
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