Why does observing a finite amount of light from a finite distance contradict anything about the range of electromagnetic radiation?
I guess this is a reference to Olbers’ paradox. If every ray projected from a given point must eventually hit the surface of a star, then the night sky should look uniformly as bright as the Sun.
This ends up being somewhat circular then, doesn’t it?
Olbers’ paradox is only a paradox in an infinite, static universe. A fininte, expanding universe explains the night sky very well. One can’t use Olbers’ paradox to discredit the idea of an expanding universe when Olbers’ paradox depends on the universe being static.
Furthermore, upon re-reading MazeHatter’s “The way I see it is...” comment, Theory B does not put us at some objective center of reality. An intuitive way to think about it is: Imagine “space” being the surface of a balloon. Place dots on the surface of the balloon, and blow the balloon up. The distance between dots in all directions expands. One can arbitrarily consider one dot as the “center,” but that doesn’t change anything.
I’m beginning to think that MazeHatter’s comments do not warrant as much discussion as has taken place in this thread. =\
I guess this is a reference to Olbers’ paradox. If every ray projected from a given point must eventually hit the surface of a star, then the night sky should look uniformly as bright as the Sun.
This ends up being somewhat circular then, doesn’t it?
Olbers’ paradox is only a paradox in an infinite, static universe. A fininte, expanding universe explains the night sky very well. One can’t use Olbers’ paradox to discredit the idea of an expanding universe when Olbers’ paradox depends on the universe being static.
Furthermore, upon re-reading MazeHatter’s “The way I see it is...” comment, Theory B does not put us at some objective center of reality. An intuitive way to think about it is: Imagine “space” being the surface of a balloon. Place dots on the surface of the balloon, and blow the balloon up. The distance between dots in all directions expands. One can arbitrarily consider one dot as the “center,” but that doesn’t change anything.
I’m beginning to think that MazeHatter’s comments do not warrant as much discussion as has taken place in this thread. =\