Re: [Vo]:Do we live in a black hole?

2014-12-07 Thread Alan Fletcher
The idea of our universe being inside a black hole has been around quite a while. Recently : http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140218-black-hole-blast-explains-big-bang/

Re: [Vo]:Do we live in a black hole?

2014-12-07 Thread Kevin O'Malley
If we lived in a black hole, then spacetime would be contracting toward us rather than expanding (and increasingly expanding at that). The exact opposite is more likely: that we live in a "white" hole. On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 5:04 PM, John Berry wrote: > Ok, so this is a trippy thought, but y

Re: [Vo]:Do we live in a black hole?

2014-12-05 Thread John Berry
One of many sources for the fabric of space is moving allowing for FTL travel at sublight velocities: http://www.universetoday.com/13808/how-can-galaxies-recede-faster-than-the-speed-of-light/ And no light can ever reach us from such superluminal spaces: http://www.universeadventure.org/fundamen

[Vo]:Do we live in a black hole?

2014-12-05 Thread John Berry
Ok, so this is a trippy thought, but you may be aware of one theory that stars are opposite ends of the universe might be moving apart with a relative velocity greater than C, but that this is ok since space in this case is considered to be moving along too... I could find a reference but it is a