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Whoops! And I also realize that because of inflation these distances are only a minimum and are actually a lot larger.

I understand the BB happened everywhere at once. I also understand that the singularity is a moment in time. I'm just throwing a bunch of what-ifs into the mix. However, from reading many other respected cosmologists and astro-physicists, many of them do believe that the universe started at a...

So let's buy a super double duper telescope (SDDT) which can peer right back to the singularity. I know this is a contentious issue but for my thought experiment I think I'm allowed to pretend it's a one-dimensional object. I find it's 13.8 BLY distant. I turn the old SDDT 180 degrees and peer...

When I first came here I was also upset by your answers (sometimes) until I realized that I was the seeker and you guys were the oracles. And if you've ever read any stories about the ancient oracles and how they treated their seekers well you're a bit of a kitty : ) Besides, it's not the...

No matter what direction I point my super duper telescope, I will observe galaxies that are barely 500 million years old in every direction some of them being located 12+ billion light years away. So 2 galaxies on opposite side of the Earth should be twice 12+ billion light years apart. In other...

There is more than one electromagnet inside the Earth. These float around slowly and regularly flip so that North becomes South and vice versa. Now remember, these are Magnetic Poles and these flips happen quite often in the history of our planet. At times we can have more than one North and one...

Hey Phinds, I personally miss your 'snappy' answers. However, rules are rules I guess. What I wanted to convey to you is my gratitude in making me look at the 'Balloon Analogy' and the 'Hilbert Hotel' analogy again. This time with a better understanding and a whole new perspective. I also find...

Just wondering about energy. I find energy and fields the 2 most fascinating parts of physics. Since potential and kinetic energy are functions of gravity (and perhaps other forces I hadn't considered); are all types of energy functions of a force? Or are there also exceptions? Or unknowns...

Sorry, I should have been more specific. Parts of the question were answerable; parts were not. For example, the nature of the singularity is unknown and you answered that correctly.

Of course you're right. But for centuries we have been calling it the North Pole so perhaps the magnetic poles should be renamed.

There are some times when the answer, at the moment, is, "We don't know." Even though we have a need to explain things to others, we have to start realizing that it's OK to give that as an answer.

It probably does in the long run. However, it appears that at this moment in time, our sexual selection is questionable.

And... the best part is that you get the good shepherd, Bill Gates, and company moving into your home keeping a watchful eye on you. I wish there was a sarcastic font...

The moon rotates once every 28 days. There is no East or West pole. Poles are named in rotating planets and in magnets. There is no similarity except that the Earth's North magnetic pole just coincidentally happened to be near the Earth's north pole. So it was also called North as well as many...

In several years as you sit back polishing your Nobel prize, you will look back on this time and laugh.