As far as I know, this is the standard position. See also this FAQ entry. A lot of people sloppily say “the universe” when they mean the observable part of the universe, and that’s what’s causing the confusion.
I think pretty much everyone agrees that the universe could have been infinitely large at the time of the big bang, but I don’t know any more than that. I’m just going off an intro to astronomy class I took in college.
Do you know how common a position this is among cosmologists?
As far as I know, this is the standard position. See also this FAQ entry. A lot of people sloppily say “the universe” when they mean the observable part of the universe, and that’s what’s causing the confusion.
I think pretty much everyone agrees that the universe could have been infinitely large at the time of the big bang, but I don’t know any more than that. I’m just going off an intro to astronomy class I took in college.