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I'd like to share a thread of thought and follow with a question.
We can look backward in time by viewing through powerful telescopes. The logical extension of this is that with a powerful enough telescope we could see back to the Big Bang. But we know this is not possible, since we'd be witnessing something of which we were a part.
On the other hand, how far back should we be expected to see? Perhaps we can only see "sideways," that is, see other pieces of the Big Bang radiating from the origin point.
But if that's true, then if we swing our all-powerful telescope around to the origin point of the Big Bang, then we should see empty sky---all the "stuff" has exploded away.
There is an empty space in the sky. Do you suppose? ...
I'd like to share a thread of thought and follow with a question.
We can look backward in time by viewing through powerful telescopes. The logical extension of this is that with a powerful enough telescope we could see back to the Big Bang. But we know this is not possible, since we'd be witnessing something of which we were a part.
On the other hand, how far back should we be expected to see? Perhaps we can only see "sideways," that is, see other pieces of the Big Bang radiating from the origin point.
But if that's true, then if we swing our all-powerful telescope around to the origin point of the Big Bang, then we should see empty sky---all the "stuff" has exploded away.
There is an empty space in the sky. Do you suppose? ...