I dont know about 'looking through itself' but at galactic scales we are 'looking into the past' — ernest meyer
Is there a center on a spherical surface? I believe every point on it can be the center, so it should be the same if you add one more dimension. Every point in space can be considered the center. — Vince
I just stopped believing in the big bang. It posses way more questions than it answers. It's a stupid idea. — Razorback kitten
If two people stand back to back and begin walking away from each other, the space between them is not expanding, all the is happening is the distance between them is increasing. — Present awareness
For instance, is there a reason why it had to be a bang? How about an extremely slow, insidious creep — James Riley
If two people stand back to back and begin walking away from each other, the space between them is not expanding, all the is happening is the distance between them is increasing. — Present awareness
Space is not there? Where do astronauts go, then? — Banno
So, rather than gravity pulling me down onto the earth, space is pushing me against it? — James Riley
The other problem I have with it is the way physisists say "to ask what came before the big bang is a bad question", because time only exists once the ball is rolling. If nothing existed before this singularity, there would still be nothing now! — Razorback kitten
The CMB is the only good evidense for the Big Bang Theory. — Razorback kitten
The center is everywhere. — noname
Interesting. I'm curious as to why space would push harder against me on Earth than when I'm on the moon. At first I might guess that the size of the earth draws more push, but since it is me being pushed regardless of what I am on, and I am the same size in either place, why the difference? — James Riley
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