RM> MB>  Therefore, the Universe is infinite because an infinity exists 
ithin
RM> MB> its
RM> MB>  scope.
RM>And THAT, my dear friend, is what I have been saying long ago when I
RM>first brought up the thread the first time more then a year ago.  That
RM>the BB model is illogical.  If the universe is finite then there should
RM>*:NO:* infinities at all within the universe; no mathematical infinities,
RM>no quantum mechanical infinities, no infinitely divisible properties
RM>of matter, and no infinitely circular religious arguments ;) (MAN, I'd
RM>love to live in a universe like that ).
Pardon me for playing village idiot, Richard, but I don't see the
conflict here.  If you model the 4-D universe as the surface of a balloon,
you can say that the surface is finite in some ways but infinite if you
consider the surface of the balloon itself.  I don't see how a universe
cannot be finite but also have tons of infinities.
Furthermore, when considering the physical universe, whatever it is,
I do not see how a logical argument can override an empirical one.
The universe is whatever it damned well wants to be, regardless of
whatever we large-brained hominids want it to be.
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