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Thread ID: 112359 2010-09-02 09:22:00 Hello, is there anybody out there? KarameaDave (15222) PC World Chat
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1134008 2010-09-02 09:22:00 Is the universe rotating? Expanding? Shaped like a rugby ball? Or a saddle?
Thoughts?
KarameaDave (15222)
1134009 2010-09-02 09:25:00 it very well could be

or there could be many of them
en.wikipedia.org
GameJunkie (72)
1134010 2010-09-02 09:32:00 Well, it's like this...the Universe is made up of many worlds.

Each world travels through space on the backs of four elephants that stand on the back of a giant turtle.

api.ning.com 59lE-w6y2njk7lK-LCg3*zKlIV31m0uOjZxSScdT1v*8fX/GreatATuinsmall.jpg

www.terrypratchettbooks.com
Terry Porritt (14)
1134011 2010-09-02 09:33:00 If there is more than one, none of them is a universe, of course.
Terrys (you, or Pratchett) not withstanding, naturally. :D
KarameaDave (15222)
1134012 2010-09-02 09:37:00 We are all just tiny specks in a giant Mandelbrot equation.. SoniKalien (792)
1134013 2010-09-02 09:44:00 Not such a likely hypothesis, fractals are pretty, but mathematically a bit of a
cul-de-sac, no?
KarameaDave (15222)
1134014 2010-09-02 09:46:00 We are all just tiny specks in a giant Mandelbrot equation..

So that would imply that all the other myriad specks out there are just replicas of ourselves, repeated over and over ?
Terry Porritt (14)
1134015 2010-09-02 09:47:00 Look at it this way - mankind hasn't found the smallest particle nor the biggest entity yet, so who knows? :p SoniKalien (792)
1134016 2010-09-02 09:48:00 But a moment ago, you did!? KarameaDave (15222)
1134017 2010-09-02 09:50:00 did I ? SoniKalien (792)
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