From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 06:25:28 MDT
##At 03:29 PM 8/15/02 +0930, Emlyn wrote:
>1 - "As things stand, other galaxies will eventually disappear as they zoom
>away from us ***faster than the speed of light***."
>
>How does that work? ##
>>Space itself can expand faster than light propagates *through* space.<<
##2 - I don't grok the argument that the Anthropic Principle does not apply
.##
>>I don't think they understand the Anthropic Principle; they seem to think
it requires life-conducive states to be frequent or even dominant in the
megaverse. I don't believe that follows.
Damien Broderick<<
Let us say that in principle, every complex piece of hardware will eventually
produce the software to make it function, or function to capacity. A 14
billion year old construct may demand greater fuctionality for the long
journey ahead. This enhanced functionality cannot emerge out of nothing.
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