I expect some answers that say there is no end, or I would get back to where I started, but this is not logical, if you don't have a clue it's better to admit it.
2007-02-23 12:48:09 · 22 answers · asked by John L 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
At the corner of ur freakin dumb and u need a friggin life.
2007-02-23 12:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by RikiRo 346 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I clicked on your avatar to find out where you posted this question the first time. In the universe everything is in circles. The atom with protons and nuetrons revolving around a nucleus. The planets revolving around the sun. The galaxy is also revolving around a center. Also, applying the same principle as the curving universe, but on a mini scale, when standing on the earth, and if you could see far enough around the curved surface, you could see the back of your head. So as the universe curves, and you could see far enough, you also could see the back of your head. So again you would end up in the same place that you started. If the universe did come to an end, as you are implying, what would be on the other side ?
Below is the best theory known about the universe, again by Albert Einstein:
Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)
Albert Einstein is somebody we have all heard about, but of his earth shaking theories we know little; how could we, -- Einstein thought in another dimension, unknown and practicably unknowable to most of us. Most of us rest our case on our senses; so, to the average layman, Einstein's theories (never mind that they have checked out in reality) are incredible: space is curved; the shortest distance between two points is not a straight line; the universe is finite but unbounded; parallel lines eventually meet; light rays are curved; time is relative and cannot be measured in exactly the same way everywhere; measurements of length vary with speed; the universe is cylindrical instead of spherical in shape; a body in motion will contract in size but increase in mass; and a fourth dimension - time - is added to the familiar three of height, length, and width. Most of us can only shake our head and base our belief in all of this very strange stuff, simply on the basis of what Einstein has said.
2007-02-25 11:36:53 · answer #2 · answered by 6.1fishbob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One theory is that the universe is the surface of a hypersphere (a 4 dimensional sphere). This means that whichever way you went (up, down, back, forward, left, right, diagonal) - you'd eventually end up back where you start.
The earth is a 3 dimensional sphere. We live on the surface. If you travelled 2 dimensionally (left, right, forward, backwards) then irrespective of which way you went, you'd always end up back where you start. Only by travelling 3 dimensionally (up, down), you'd be able to leave the earth (if you travelled far enough upwards).
Similarily, you'd have to travel 4 dimensionally (ana or kata) in order to leave a universe which appears to have 3 spatial dimensions.
2007-02-24 03:53:42 · answer #3 · answered by nemesis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If space is toroid, you would be back where you started. If it is spherical, you would hit the edge of space and time. If space is not finite, then you would never be at an end.
But truthfully, if 'you' left the Earth and go in a straight line, you would probably hit an asteroid or planet or star or something before you got there.
2007-02-23 21:03:44 · answer #4 · answered by a_imbulgoda 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given that space is infinite, and that it contains objects, and therefore contains an infinite ammount of objects, you would end up hitting one of them no matter which direction you travel away from earth in.
Maybe you need a more flexible approach, or indeed a more flexible retreat.
2007-02-24 12:27:33 · answer #5 · answered by jlb.1970@btinternet.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is infinite no? Therefore according to common scientific belief you would be on a continual path until you come into some cosmic force, ie gravitational pull, black hole, supernova... etc.......then of course theres the string theory to consider....... astrophysics may be your persuit to happiness.
2007-02-23 20:58:54 · answer #6 · answered by jwmdangerdogg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With slightly less boredom than being stuck in Birmingham for the weekend.
2007-02-23 22:20:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would fly beyond our human understanding. I did as a child - i flew what they call astrally. It went forever, so i came back. No scientist can give you these answers, only the mystics. -
2007-02-23 21:15:58 · answer #8 · answered by I'm Sparticus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
straight line? whys this in a gay section? ur asking the wrong people they wouldnt have a clue,
2007-02-23 20:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is that it would not end. Or... you would run into a star, planet, asteroid, or other object if you did not take evasive action.
2007-02-23 20:53:16 · answer #10 · answered by AK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where ever you eventually find a planet or star in your way...
Universe seems largely based on circles...so maybe it does loop back around.
2007-02-23 20:53:35 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋