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IS THE UNIVERSE INFINITE OR FINITE (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A circle has finite surface area. A sphere has finite volume and finite surface area.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

But you can walk straight for all infinity. That's kind of my point when people talk about an infinite/finite universe they conflate the distance that can be travelled with the surface area/volume of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Current best measurements suggest we live in flat space.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is the toroidial thing debunked? I read about it some time ago but didn't dive into it too much

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's no evidence for it, if that's what you mean

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Ah I thought there was, thanks for setting that straight