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Does the universe have infinite space?

By zevi770 · April 7, 2016

You know Einstein said “two things are infinite, the universe, and human stupidity, and I have my doubt about the former.”

Well, let’s actually, analyze it; the former remarkably, much to the chagrin of all previously held theories was discovered (awarded the noble prize in 2011) to be infinite; as all theories held that the universe began at a point in time, was big banged outward and hence is either collapsing or going at a speed which eventually will start collapsing, but in fact (based on evidence from the speed of measuring the distance between super-novas in distant galaxies) the universe is simply tripling its rate of expansion.

But the next question is: is there actually such a thing as space? – is there such a thing as time? and the great question of all, Do I even exist?

Now the fact that I experience space, experience time and experience myself, only means I am having an experience – in actual fact, is that experience real?

Now, it is well known, Chassidus, the ultimate arbitrator on all these pointy philosophical questions says the universe is real; we are not in an experience, for it uses Biblical proofs that make us accept that time, space and us have been created; however that doesn’t mean that what we experience is as we consider it to be.

So my humble conclusion is this – it is obvious that there is no such thing as experiential reality, for like a dream, you cannot say because you experienced it, which you literally do, it is real.