On 5/26/2011 4:33 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: > Thanks for the clarification. I think my overall point was still > correct, though: there's no "center point" to the universe that > everything moves away from. The entirety of space once *was* the > center point, and the universe itself is expanding. I realize the > universe is probably also not a spherical geometry, that was just an > illustration of the idea of an expanding geometry rather than a > conventional explosion. When one gets far enough into physics, any > discussion in lay English about it becomes hopelessly vague and > inaccurate, unfortunately. As the Doctor says, "It's not like that at > all, but if it helps...." > > --Levi http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/teaching_physics.png
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