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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
-- Surely, beyond the edge of this universe there is nothingness. --

It's worse than that. According to certain physical theories, it is possible to have a finite volume without having a boundary. Sort of like earth having a finite area, but no edge to fall off of despite having a finite area.

IOW, even "the void" has a limit. There is no such thing as "nothingness on and on."

43 posted on 03/10/2009 4:38:17 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
It's worse than that. According to certain physical theories, it is possible to have a finite volume without having a boundary. Sort of like earth having a finite area, but no edge to fall off of despite having a finite area.

To take it even farther, (i can't type, spelled it 'farter' 3 times), according to fractal mathematics, shorelines are an example of a boundry of infinite length, yet enclose a finite area.

74 posted on 03/10/2009 7:39:16 PM PDT by zeugma (Will it be nukes or aliens? Time will tell.)
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