From: "Robert Comer" 

> I would rather that the word "universe" continued to be used
to refer to
> the totality of all that is, and that they invented a new term for
> whatever they are using the term "universe" for above.

The "universe" was defined back when we didn't know so much and
your definition of what the universe is doesn't fit with what we know of
this universe.

I prefer to call what you are thinking of as the "Universe" as
the "Cosmic all".

--
Bob Comer


"Gregg N"  wrote in message
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> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> There's the multiverse theory
>>
>> http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/Projects/moderncosmo/Sean's%20mutliverse.htm
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>>
>> The Multiverse theory for the universe has been a recently accepted
>> theory that describes the continuous formation of universes through the
>> collapse of giant stars and the formation of black holes.  With each of
>> these black holes there is a new point of singularity and a new possible
>> universe.  As Rees describes it, "Our universe may be just
one element -
>> one atom, as it were - in an infinite ensemble: a cosmic archipelago.
>> Each universe starts with its own big bang, acquires a distinctive
>> imprint (and its individual physical laws) as it cools, and traces out
>> its own cosmic cycle.  The big bang that triggered our entire universe
>> is, in this grander perspective, an infinitesimal part of an elaborate
>> structure that extends far beyond the range of any
telescopes."  (Rees 3)
>> This puts our place in the Multiverse into a small spectrum.  While the
>> size of the earth in relation to the sun is minuscule, the size of the
>> sun, the solar system, the galaxy, and even the universe, could pale in
>> comparison to this proposed Multiverse.  It would be a shift in thinking
>> that may help explain our big bang theory and possibly give light to the
>> idea of parallel universes.
>
> I would rather that the word "universe" continued to be used
to refer to
> the totality of all that is, and that they invented a new term for
> whatever they are using the term "universe" for above.
>
> Gregg

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