From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 18:33:53 MDT
--- Rafal Smigrodzki <rms2g@virginia.edu> wrote:
> A question:
>
> If the Universe is open, how many galaxies does it contain? Is it an
> infinite number? Is it finite in a closed Universe? How many galaxies
> in the perfectly (large-scale) flat universe?
>
> I don't mean galaxies seen from a given point, I mean all galaxies
> countable
> by a demon not constrained by the speed of light (presumably much
> larger than Maxwell's).
How much is 1 divided by 0? Presupposing faster than light demons
creates a non-sensical question. It's like asking "If an angel were
dancing on the head of a pin, how far away would the horizon of the
pin-head appear to be to the angel?"
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