Originally Posted by wompastompa
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your on the right track, while the universe is not infinite, it is expanding at an infinite rate....confusing I know, but think of it this way
big bang->starts off the expansion of the universe
when we stop to look at a certain point in time we can very well define the universe as constant, but if looked over time, its far from that
as for calculating the actual size of the universe, its up to complex physics and with physics follows math(tons of it!)
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I'm not asking to be flamed, but I don't think a random explosion just pops up and creates the universe, the stars, and the galaxies all alike. In some documentaries of the history of the Earth, they say the eath was created at the same time as the universe, and if infinity be true and the universe expands, wouldn't our galaxies expand and rip apart? Just a thought.
Nobody can calculate the rate of how universe grows/expands because as you said, it's expanding at an infinite rate. There would have to be some type of time paradox system that could freeze time, or atleast take us back to the beginning of the universe, in order to know whats causing the expansion to happen so fast, or why in human minds, Earth is the only place with current life...
(Off-topic-ish): People always think in the future theres gunna be conveyor belts to carry us everywhere, the free-will to go planet to planet paradise and fluctuate, flying cars, stores with mass quantities of things..They say once earth's resources run out, they'll just go find more on some other planet...but it's easier said than done.. I think people just expect to much, I mean..humans only use 10% of their brain..If every person used 100% we'd be dead.
(I think I just confused myself with this..)