Nathaniel222

I'll do it tomorrow when I get some sleep, then. I'll probably post something about the Arrow of Time as well.

I'm not going to respond to your nonsense. Geocentrism is a lazy, arrogant and misguided idea. You haven't given any effort to acknowledging the facts or ideas of others and continue to blithely ignore them. So I'm ignoring you now and I'll just consult with others in the thread. ajb, what do you think about the universe being something more akin to a 4th dimensional sponge, rather than a sphere? Supposing for a moment that perhaps the infinitely dense black holes enlarged space around them- creating a kind of ever-expanding horizon at their perimeters. Considering that there are billions of them (many of which rest in the centers of galaxies), it may be that the expansion of the universe is itself being guided by principles related to gravitation and space-time. Perhaps the apparent distances of light is actually being affected by the relativity of time as it passes through the vacuum between these immense gravity wells. Perhaps we are the ones experiencing time dilation in proximity to these black holes, and the rest of the universe has already achieved a kind of heat death as a result. Sort of like islands of stability in an expanse of entropic decay.

So... you presume there is a sign and a blank white wall at the "edge"?

Please throw this in the trash can.

Claiming the earth is the center of the universe is like claiming a gluon inside a photon in an atom in a molecule in a carbon chain in a cell in skin tissue in an organ in your left foot is the center of your body. Gluon < Photon < Atom < Molecule < Long-chain molecule < Cell < Tissue < Organ < Limb < Body < Home < City < State < Country < Continent < Planet < Solar System < < < < < < < Galaxy <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Universe Cosmologically, we are tiny. Galactically, we're in the back woods on the end of a spiral arm, far, FAR from the galactic center. Universally... our Galaxy is of unremarkable size or composition, like any one of the other hundred billion others. We are so far removed from being central, my chance being the center of All is just as likely as the rest of this entire planet's.

I also think it'd be fair if you considered the possibility that I'm actually the center of all existence and the culmination of all events preceding me. I think there's alot to support the notion. I mean, for one, I exist, and there is only one person exactly like me in the entire universe. That makes me pretty unique, and dare I say, statistically impossible. It's pretty clear all the events before me just happened in order to accommodate my creation. The big bang, the formation of the sun and earth... I mean, DNA formed in ancient oceans so I could pass on my genes. My parents met at an art fair to ensure my birth. Almost like the universe itself exists just for me, to ensure my birth life and existence. In fact, based on my observations, the universe probably didn't exist before I was born. I can't remember it, so it must have just been darkness. When I die, the universe will probably die with me too. Sorry about that.

Technically I'm the center of the universe, and the rest of you are revolving around me. Edit: Well, that's what I'm observing, anyway.