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I have a question. I have been watching a lot of docs about cosmology and the origin of the universe, and seems that most agree that it began with inflation. I believe this, but what gets me is this. Where is the center of the beginning of this inflation? And, if the universe is expanding exponetionly, then how do we know that when we look far out in the sky, that we are looking in the right direction? If everything is moving away from everything else, then there has to be a point at which it all started...which would be the center of creation. Everything would have expanded away from that point.
That makes sense to me. The only thing I am asking is this. If we look in one direction, and supposely what we see, is what is at that vast distance, because of the time it took for that light to get here, would mean we are looking at the beginning of existence. But, what if we look in the opposite direction? Of course, things would always be moving away from each other, but what i can't figure out is this. We are lookiing at at those vast distances,and they show the beginning of creation, because of the distance it takes for that light to reach us, but how, the beginning of creation should only be seen by looking in the direction of the origin of creation, which would mean we would have to be looking towards some center of where it all started. How do we know that we are looking at the beginning of time when what are are analising at those millions of light years away is what has traveled AWAY from some center. It's a paradox to me. Why, just because the light we see took billions of years to get here, that that is the beginning of time, wouldn't the beging of time only be visible by lookin in the direction of the origin of it? There must be a center right? from which inflation began.
I don't know. I am not a physics prof but I am absolutely fascinated by these things and i understand the conceptual theories, just not the math. That gives me a disadvantage. But it defeinatly intrigues me
If anyone has a theory of this, I'd like to hear it please
thanks
New guy with lots of thoughts...lol
That makes sense to me. The only thing I am asking is this. If we look in one direction, and supposely what we see, is what is at that vast distance, because of the time it took for that light to get here, would mean we are looking at the beginning of existence. But, what if we look in the opposite direction? Of course, things would always be moving away from each other, but what i can't figure out is this. We are lookiing at at those vast distances,and they show the beginning of creation, because of the distance it takes for that light to reach us, but how, the beginning of creation should only be seen by looking in the direction of the origin of creation, which would mean we would have to be looking towards some center of where it all started. How do we know that we are looking at the beginning of time when what are are analising at those millions of light years away is what has traveled AWAY from some center. It's a paradox to me. Why, just because the light we see took billions of years to get here, that that is the beginning of time, wouldn't the beging of time only be visible by lookin in the direction of the origin of it? There must be a center right? from which inflation began.
I don't know. I am not a physics prof but I am absolutely fascinated by these things and i understand the conceptual theories, just not the math. That gives me a disadvantage. But it defeinatly intrigues me
If anyone has a theory of this, I'd like to hear it please
thanks
New guy with lots of thoughts...lol
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