Do you agree with the following ? No physical object can be infinite because it would fill all time and space?

Question

number 1 in my attacks on statements that are stupid
as in ........ (physical object of choice ) is infinite
IF IT WAS THERE COULD BE NOTHING ELSE
and yes the UNIVERSE IS INFINITE - it IS all time and space
CONCEPTS can be infinite - as in numbers

I also have a degree in physics and sorry but the universe IS INFINITE ( in our frame of reference ) and WE CANNOT SEE THE EDGE ( we have a limite on how far we can see and some limited thinkers would think that would be the END but the MATTER that we can see is traveling in the universe ( the infinite universe ) not MAKING IT AS IT GOES ( man the things people can do when they try to interpert mathematical concepts into English)

Answer 1

Neg. The universe is not infinite (we can actually see the borders of it with high powered telescopes). The reason that no physical thing can be infinite is simply because the universe itself is finite (though expanding). In other words, you can't have one object within the system be larger than the entire system itself.

As to the universe being infinite, this is a common misconception. We think of empty space as being the height of non-existance. It is not. There are boundaries to the universe, beyond which there are no dimensions. No length, no width, no height, and no time. there might very well be other universes out there as well... but without the means to have any existance outside of OUR universe, it's hard to say if we'll ever REALLY be sure there is one

EDIT: You can argue that it is only matter which is extending into an infinite universe, but you would be incorrect. Both Einstein and Goebbels posited that the universe itself is what is expanding into infinite NON-existance. While Einstein might have been better sticking to relativity, Goebbels is responsible for the current scientific view of the distribution of the universe. Take it up with the dead genious if you disagree, but the universe is most definately finite (And it's easy to prove as well: unless you posit that there is an infinite amount of energy in the universe system, then the universe MUST be finite in order for enough energy to remain localized to support life).

Answer 2

I don't think that the object y could be infinite in an object x cause that object y would become object x because it would fill that object x completly. Not that I know anything about physics it just seems that if you put an object in an object that it would never end it would be the same as the object your putting it in because the second object could no longer take up any space cause the original would take up the same space.

Answer 3

Disagree.

A line from euclidean geometry is infinite in length but does not take up ANY space.
By extension, a rod of n-thickness could be of infinite length in an infinite universe and not fill the universe.

Answer 4

Time and space themselves are not infinite. Therefore the concept of an infinite object existing in time and space is a logical impossibility.
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Answer 5

We would never be able to witness such a thing, and therefore verify its existence. Here's why:

If the object was infinite and therefore took up all space in the Universe, there wouldn't be any room for anything else. As a result, such a thing would not allow anything else to exist. If we couldn't exist, it couldn't be observed, so I say this question is unanswerable.

(My answer is intended to be somewhat playful)