And Darkbeaver,
Perhaps but in a parallel one, I'm sure!
We could be moving in opposite directions but still be parallel Spade. I chose to believe we are both moving forward but there's no way I can prove it.
And Darkbeaver,
Perhaps but in a parallel one, I'm sure!
And to answer Cliffy and MHz at the same time.
Dear Darkbeaver!
I am not a cosmologist or physicist. And my mathematics is waning a bit. But I remember enough of it from Grade Seven to attempt a Big-Bang analogy. So, bear with me and suppress your laughter. Confirmatory snickers are permitted.
This is a number line.
<______-3_______-2_________-1________0_______1_______2________3_______>
On it are all the real numbers. Think of every real number as a point. ∏ is there, and so is its opposite -∏. Of course, 14 billion, and its opposite (the coming deficit) -14 billion. My shoe size 10.5 and its opposite -10.5. It's beautifully symmetric isn't it? Gazillions of starry little numbers.
Now a thought movie! I haven't mastered animation on this forum.
Suppose your arms are very long. Infinite will do. Reach out left and right and place the palms of your hands against the arrow ends of the number line. Now start bringing them together. The negative numbers on the left of 0 and their positive opposites meet and poof, when -1 and +1 meet, zero! And when -100 and +100 meet, another poof and another zero. Keep doing this until your palms meet. Every negative point has zeroed out its positive mate, and all you have between your hands is 0, ziltch, nada! A singularity, sweet nothing! You were Captain Crunch!
Now play this movie backwards! From singularity to number line. From zero to zero sum. A Big Bang.
Apologies to all with more than my Grade Seven mathematics!
You cousin,
Spade
Nope, it's expanding! The movie rolls on. The ball isn't over! The hands of God have not slowed its expansion, stopped it, or have begun to come together.
Here ya go Beave, read the FAQ.