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- _niko0
I had a thought about the universe:
The universe is obviously larger than the observable universe because we are at the centre of the observable universe and everything seems to be radiating out evenly around us which is statistically impossible.
I asked Chat Got its thoughts and came back with:
The observation that the universe looks roughly the same in every direction (isotropy) and that, on large scales, matter is evenly distributed (homogeneity) is a cornerstone of modern cosmology, encapsulated in the Cosmological Principle. While it might seem statistically improbable for us to be at the center of a perfectly radiating universe, the explanation is that the universe is not radiating out from us; instead, it appears isotropic and homogeneous no matter where an observer is located within it. This is not due to our unique position but is a property of the universe itself, suggesting that the universe does not have a center or edge in the conventional sense.
The initial conditions of the universe and the laws of physics that govern its expansion and the distribution of matter make it such that, from any given point, the universe would appear much the same in all directions. This does not imply a central position for the observer but rather the uniformity of the universe on the largest scales.
- which I guess means that if you are in one of the first galaxies to emerge out of the Big Bang, you wouldn't be observing all other galaxies "behind" you and_niko
- nothingness in "front" of you, you would instead be much like us on earth, observing a homogenous universe all around you equally in all directions._niko
- which boggles the mind._niko
- I swear as I read this I could hear the sound of a bubbling bong in the backgroundnb
- haha_niko
- not sure what you mean by "statistically impossible" considering there's only one universe we can observe, and it's by all means possible heremonospaced