You Are the Centre of the Universe

[Chronos]

Assumption #1: The universe began 13.7 billion years ago as a point at a specific location relative to the current position of Earth that expanded.

This claim is inconsistent with general relativity. It did not begin at a specific location.

Quite correct, Pete. Demonstrating there is something fundamentally wrong with this assertion was my objective in doing this exercise.

 

[4newton]

To All:
All the views expressed here are in terms of a three-dimensional space. It is like trying to explain three-dimensional space using only two dimensions. The construct of the universe is four-dimensional at a minimum. The fourth dimension of the universe is the transition out from the Big Bang BB or our transition in the time dimension. Both have observational proof. And are one and the same.

The thickness of the universe is extremely thin. It can be no greater than we have been able to go forward or back in time. Some experiments that claim time shifting have times that are on the order of nanoseconds. All normal objects are therefore less than a nanosecond. All the spatial dimensions are therefore less than one nanosecond thick.

If the rate of transition outward from the BB is equal to the speed of light then you are only able to see one radian around the curve of space. Since expansion rates of distant objects are on the order close to the speed of light it is most logical that the transition rate outward from the BB is the speed of light. If the rate is slower than the speed of light you would be able to see objects more distant than the microwave background radiation to objects that are moving away on the opposite side of the BB.

It is most remarkable that nature has let man see himself as the center of the universe in so many ways.

 

[John]

That nanosecond value could be due to the distance between points of space.

Imagine space that is defined by points. Only the points are real, so between the points is a kind of hyperspace where another (finer, spiritual) universe could actually fit; not a whole universe between two points, but a whole univese dispersed between all the points of this one.

Also, think of being inside a circular hallway that has walls of curved mirrors on both sides. There are little points of light throughout the circular hallway. What would you see? It would look like you are in an infinite amount of space in all flat directions with lights close to you and lights very far away.