Originally posted by: Scholzpdx
Originally posted by: IamBusby
Originally posted by: Scholzpdx
I have been thinking about this exact topic the past few nights. It really puts a dim perspective on everyday life when you realize how much is out there, and how we will never see or experience it.
Just take a good look out there. There is no absolute wall to space. There is no end. There can't be. That means that beyond those photo's, there an truly an infinite amount of planes/stars/galaxies behind it. There is everything and anything out there. Space just keeps going, and going, and going. In space there must be everything imaginable. To be honest, it makes me think about my own mortality. It makes me hope that when I die i could go anywhere and do anything. I want to know what's out there.
I got some time to spare though. lol.
No matter how large the universe is it is finite.
As to there being a "Wall" at the end and your next question being "well what's on the other side?" If you were to keep travelling in a straight line it's theorised that you would would end up back where you started. I think this is where the Donut shaped universe theory comes from. Based on this you could also theorise that one of those points of light out there in space is actually our very own galaxy at an early age and the light has travelled in this straight line until it's reached us again.
How could it not be infinite?
Really, if the universe had some sort of shape, well that makes no sense. If it was in a shape, there would be space around it to give it that shape. And there is no possible way to go into a straight line and end up where you began without changing direction.
Draw a donut, then try to draw a straight line inside of the donut so it ends up exactly where it started. (mr obvious states that it isn't possible.) That theory is bull. If it was a relflection of our own galaxy, why it is reflecting off of? A wall? If so, there has to be two sides to a wall and that means something is beyond that.
It has to go on forever. I know its hard to believe, but I've wrapped myself in the thought plenty of times and there just can't be an "end" to space.