Chuck Hoffmann
Oct7-04, 12:50 PM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Does n-Brane theory conflict with the Big Bang model of the Universe\nand instead imply a "Big Collapse" or a "Big Squish"?\n\nIf one thinks of the universe as a single self-contained entity, then\nthe Universe is exactly one Universe "wide" and has always been so,\nand everything inside of it is instead "shrinking". The reason the\nUniverse appears to be expanding is because three-dimensional "stuff"\ninside it is in fact "collapsing", as have the other n-dimensions\noutlined in string theory.\n\nThe easist way (for me, at least) to picture this is if one has a\nruler that is exactly one meter long. When you measure yourself, you\nare some multiple of one meter tall. However, if both you and the\nmeasuring stick are shrinking, it appears that everything else is\ngetting farther away, while you are remaining the same size.\n(Eventually, you and the meter stick "shrink" to a singularity.)\n\nThis would explain why everything in the Universe appears to be\nreceeding from us. It\'s not really receeding- it\'s collapsing. It also\neliminates the idea that the Universe is expanding into nothing, which\nalways seemed counter-intuitive to me.\n\nAny comments would be appreciated.\n\nCharles Hoffmann\ncharleshhoffmann@comcast.net\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Does n-Brane theory conflict with the Big Bang model of the Universe
and instead imply a "Big Collapse" or a "Big Squish"?
If one thinks of the universe as a single self-contained entity, then
the Universe is exactly one Universe "wide" and has always been so,
and everything inside of it is instead "shrinking". The reason the
Universe appears to be expanding is because three-dimensional "stuff"
inside it is in fact "collapsing", as have the other n-dimensions
outlined in string theory.
The easist way (for me, at least) to picture this is if one has a
ruler that is exactly one meter long. When you measure yourself, you
are some multiple of one meter tall. However, if both you and the
measuring stick are shrinking, it appears that everything else is
getting farther away, while you are remaining the same size.
(Eventually, you and the meter stick "shrink" to a singularity.)
This would explain why everything in the Universe appears to be
receeding from us. It's not really receeding- it's collapsing. It also
eliminates the idea that the Universe is expanding into nothing, which
always seemed counter-intuitive to me.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Charles Hoffmann
charleshhoffmann@comcast.net
and instead imply a "Big Collapse" or a "Big Squish"?
If one thinks of the universe as a single self-contained entity, then
the Universe is exactly one Universe "wide" and has always been so,
and everything inside of it is instead "shrinking". The reason the
Universe appears to be expanding is because three-dimensional "stuff"
inside it is in fact "collapsing", as have the other n-dimensions
outlined in string theory.
The easist way (for me, at least) to picture this is if one has a
ruler that is exactly one meter long. When you measure yourself, you
are some multiple of one meter tall. However, if both you and the
measuring stick are shrinking, it appears that everything else is
getting farther away, while you are remaining the same size.
(Eventually, you and the meter stick "shrink" to a singularity.)
This would explain why everything in the Universe appears to be
receeding from us. It's not really receeding- it's collapsing. It also
eliminates the idea that the Universe is expanding into nothing, which
always seemed counter-intuitive to me.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Charles Hoffmann
charleshhoffmann@comcast.net