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In addition, spheres have centers. Period.
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Yahbut, the center is nowhere on the sphere. |
I agree, totally. My point is just that a geometrically flat, three-dimensional, spherical universe will have a center. That no center has been observed implies that either the universe doesn't have that geometry or that it's old enough that the universe will have evolved to the point where all geometric evidence for its structure is outside of what we can observe, which is, I suspect, older than the universe is currently believed to be. |
Aren't the terms "geometrically flat" and "spherical universe" contradictory? And besides, what kind of "evidence" would support a particular point as being the "center." You'd have to know what to look for before you could find it. |
Not exactly.
The current model of The Universe, is of a Perfectly Flat 4 Dimensional Space-Time, that is then Curved into a Hyper-Sphere, around a Fifth, Unseen, Spatial Dimension.
In this way, the Seemingly Contradictory Equations allow us to Have Our Cake and Eat It Too, as it were.
This is because, The Surface of a Hyper-Sphere is Infinite in The Four Observable Dimensions, whil still being Finite in the Fifth, just as The Earth's Surface, while being Infinite in Length, Width, and Perhaps Time, is Wrapped around a Finite Extent, thus putting an Upper Limit, upon the Actual Surface Area.