On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
*The following quote is from Expansion of the universe > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_the_universe?utm_source=chatgpt.com> > :* > > *"The very earliest expansion, called inflation > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_(cosmology)> saw the universe > suddenly expand by a factor of at least 1026 in every direction about > 10−32 of a second after the Big Bang. Cosmic expansion subsequently > decelerated to much slower rates, until around 9.8 billion years after the > Big Bang (4 billion years ago) it began to gradually **expand more > quickly > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerating_expansion_of_the_universe>, and > is still doing so." * > > *The following quote is from** Accelerating expansion of the universe > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerating_expansion_of_the_universe>:* > > > > *"The accelerated expansion of the universe is thought to have begun since > the universe entered its dark-energy-dominated era > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark-energy-dominated_era> roughly 5 billion > years ago"* > > > *> I never disputed that conclusion; only yours, that it implies that > after the galaxies formed, the universe was expanding very slowly.* > *Expanding "very slowly" compared with the expansion of the universe during inflation certainly. I will now make a statement that you dispute that I am nevertheless absolutely certain is true: * *Today galaxies are expanding faster than they were before galaxies started expanding faster. * *The reason I would be willing to bet my life on the above statement being true is because all tautologies are true.* *> Sure, after that the expansion slowed due to gravity, but the discovery > of the accelerated expansion says NOTHING about the much earlier rate of > expansion. AG * > *Yet more evidence that you don't read what I write, not even the parts that I underline. * *"Cosmic expansion subsequently decelerated to much slower rates, until around 9.8 billion years after the Big Bang (4 billion years ago) it began to gradually **expand more quickly <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerating_expansion_of_the_universe>, and is still doing so." * * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* emq -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0COGu57E3Ou5_NJDD%3Dj-K01h43gma62okHkR8MRHuMiA%40mail.gmail.com.
