Recent content by David-J-Franks

Any kind of structure is usually formed from some kind of starting point and takes the materials available and combines them according to a set of rules such as when an ice crystal forms. It doesn't all form at once it takes time and to become infinite in size it would need an infinite amount of...

Hasn't twr pointed out a closed and non-flat model where, at least in one direction, 2 parallel lines wont ever meet each other?

I don't think a torus could be considered flat. Although, as you point out, the 2 photons would remain parallel but they are still going round in warped space. I'm not sure whether the article you are referring to means 2 individual photons or a continuous beam. For individual photons they will...

From the article; "And it assumes that there's another substance, called dark energy (that's the "Lambda"), that maintains a constant density as the universe expands." Does anyone know what it is that's being kept at constant density?

Can you two decide between yourselves who is right here. It will save me trouble investigating :):):)

In everyday language, quantum fluctuations would be seen as completely random but since I don't believe there is such a thing as random then even quantum fluctuations will contain some order but it's a very disorganised order, in other words, it's very high entropy. If, say some of this...

This is flawed thinking from the beginning because it is just not possible to say what 'all that there is' is, it is completely illogical to say that 'all that there is' has a beginning with finite age and comes from something which had a finite-sized beginning because it wrongly assumes that...

Why is it different? The Big Bang started with a hot dense patch of matter/energy sitting in a region of space and very soon after became a patch of matter sitting in a region of space. I still don't like the analogy of a balloon. Am I right in thinking that when you say a closed cosmos you...

Absolutely spot on!!!

If these quantum fluctuations are all evenly distributed the dark matter from them and therefore the gravity will be even everywhere and so balance out, there won't be any net pulling from any particular direction will there? Maybe gravity from stars and galaxies concentrates quantum...

YES (As he believes in some 'off the beaten track ideas' ask him to come in his time machine or at least get beamed down from a starship :) :):))

More confusion here, you are using the word Universe with an uppercase U. The dictionary definition of 'Universe' is, 'everything that exists' so yes, of course, everything that exists may well be infinite and that, of course, can't have a centre. However, in order to avoid confusion, it's plain...

Sorry Catastrophe I got lost at the centre of the universe. My black hole quote was slightly out of context, not a complete idea. For in my model I don't see matter as it is now i.e. galaxies, forming any sort of collapse back to a hot dense patch. Since the contents of our big bang are...

In trying to discredit my suggestion that the contents of The Big Bang have a centre and an edge you have used two seriously flawed arguments as above. Not only this but you try just suggest it's my physics that's wrong with the statement as below. So, I feel entitled to highlight and...

It's a poor analogy, points don't make watts, atoms might do but then they're not points. So why did you construct your strip from points in the first place? Better then, to make your heat strip from Planck lengths. There again these are not points so no point trying to make a point about...