ANNOTATIVEDEBAUCHERYPART 2: THE UNIVERSE

By Adriun Sinclair

What you are looking al is the eagerly anticipated econd inslallmcnl in a thrilling new, series which seek lo unravel the mysterie of the cosmos. This particular installment will discus (brace yoursel ve now) the infinite univ~rsc and its relntion to ii111eand spncc.

HM,, you might ask. arc the mysteries of the universe nnrnveled?

The answers, I might respond, are found by adhering to a strict regimen of "mentul conditioning." This regimen includes extreme sleep deprivation. e.x.ccssivi.:consumption of both illicit and licit gases, solids, and liquid , and mo t importantly. an in-depth discussion with the voices in my head and with the voices coming out of my friend's heads.

(Please note, whdlwr the voices were real or hallucinatcc.l, they certainly knew what Lhi.:y were talking about, so 1 made sure I took notes.)

rhus Annotative Debauchery Part 2 was hom.

This guy is probably sn full of sh

Well, no, l an, not full of that sper.:ilit· thing at the moment, thanks tn my (above mcnlioncd) rigoro\.JS mental conditioning; insrcad, my body is intoxicated with many other things. T coulc.l be completely wrong tlbout the universt: though. if this i the casi.:, be sure to let the asr.:adcknow, in a longwinded ''I-am-smarter-than-you-type-leller."

Both Time and Space c,1n11otexist in an infinite Universe

Time and space can nnly exist inside a finite frnmework.

The universe does not provide a finite framework. 1

Therefore: time and space cannot exisr as a part of the universe.

Or, in other words, Time and space require a start and end point to function as they are defined.

The universe. due 10 its infinite nature, cannm provide a start or end point.

Therefore: time and space cannot exist as a part of the universe.

Okay. so maybe I am full of sh

Now. that you have read that, you have probably have decidctl that this is the writing of a deranged lunatic. Give me a sec, it gi.:ts weirder.

Explanations

I began writing this article at 11:30 p.111. Sunday evening, and it will be done roughly around 4 nm Wednesday morning. Although it does seem like it rake forever sometimes, writing 1111 article for the Cascade is a finite process, with a beginning nnd an end. Here, the concept of time exists and tlpplies to this situation. However, time r.;annot apply 10 the universe (an infinite frnmi.:work). Por exnmple. light travi.:ls roughly '.'00,000 kilometres ll si.:r.:oncl.If plnilet X wi.:re 300.000kilomcIres from the sun. it would take one second for tltc sun~ light to reach it. Her..: both spac:eand rime are finite. Time applies. How long would it tnke f'ol'a beam of light to travel across the entire universe? This question cannot really be t111swercd.If the concept oft ime is used the answer the question. the a11swerbasical ly illustrates why time docs not exist. The beam of light would take both no time and limitless time to move across the universe. If this were true then time would seem to eliminate itself.

Explaining the Explanations

It would take Limitless time, because there is no starting point or ending point ro the universe, so light could never finish or begin it journey. .Just by "beginning" its journey. the light beam creates n finite circumstance. The act of creming a bi.:ginning puts a boundary on its Journey ar.:rossthe infinite universe. This creates an irresolvable conflict with the nature of infinite space and time because there cannot be a boundury in an infinite space.

Con\ 1ersely, it would take no time to move across the uoi\lerse if we look at lhe uni\/Crse as line infinite unit tif measurement. This would suggest that we couldn't I11easure an infinite mass (the universe) incrementally with kilometres/miles, so we let the infinite universe be a unit of measure• ment itself. In this way movement ofa bca111 of light would not t,1kenny time to span the universe. IL would exist within thll unit and therefore ~pan the universe instantly with0II1 moveIne111.Or in other wore.ls,it would not move at all. because it i already everywhere at once within the single unit.

"This Universe isn't big enough for the both of U!;."

So far the disr.:ussion is missing u very important ingredient, and no, I nm not talk• ing about clnrity. What is missing is thi);: How do I know that the universe is infinite'/ llerc goes:

Let us say that for the sake of argument that the universe wa tinite. This hypothetical universe is n cube and measure~ three trillion light years on its x-axis. two trillion light years on its y-axis, nnd four trillion light years 011 its z-axis. If the tertn "universe," is defined as something tlu1t encompasses everything in existence. what then. do we call what i beyond the 24 trillion squllre light years of p~tr.:c.The space that lie~ beyond also exists and must be inclllded in the universe, then the space beyond rhat. and so on. Herein lies proof thcit the universe is necessarily infinite.

Okay, o the universe is inlinite. and limi.: and puce are irrelevant, so what.

Well, now the fun part. When you ::pply these concepts to certain events you get some weird ideas. For e,rnnIple. consider ii raindrop. Water n1oisture collects in the sky until a droplet is formed und then it falls toward the ground. We can agree that as a rnindrop foils, it has motion. It has a beginning anti un end. The raindrop's movement is ii titlile process. In actuality. all movement is a l'initc process. Movement is not possible in 1111infinite space with nn 11nile reference points. In other words, let':- say the raindrop is located in an infinite space where only it is pri.:,ent. It cannot ~pin, turn. fall, or foll because in order to du thc·se things, it needs to move in relation to ~omc thing else. It i in an infinite spaci.:contain• ing only itself. so all it is abli.: to do is exist. Apply this idea to the earth within the universe. Ir we can agree rhat the universe is infinite, then consider the possibility rhot the e.irth i completely stationary. It b not spinning. anc.lthe pcopli.: and life 011 earth arc not moving. because or our cxi~lcncc in un infiniti.: universe. Yes, of wursc we ari.: "moving" and the enrth is "rolutini( but we arc doing these things only in relation to othl:r finite objects. In aclll,llity, ii is impos siblc for mnvement to occur in the intinite univen;e. because i11 order to move. you must be progressing from a start point tl> an end point. This is of course impossible on an infinite plain.

This concept r.:an also be applied tn pm:c and matter. It doe~ not mutti.:r if the earth is two centimetres wide or two billion ldlometrcs wide, because''size'' only exists in relutinn to other finite objer.:ts.Por exumplc. the Earth's size in relation to Jupiti.:r is small. The earth's si1.ein relatirnl tu the universe is an impos~ible coniparison. The enrth can have no actual size llll an infinite plain.

This is the sticky part. where I run the risk of nH1kingthis issue of the Cascade a cundidalc t'Qr kidnap (Re: Toque letters puge)

According 10 the thenrie presented in this article, the universe has alwuys existed.

If the universe always existed then it c11uld not have been created. Thi.:ories, which expound this belief, inclutling the big bang theory and the biblic.il account of crcution, are fa1ally llawcd. Sinr.:ethe 1111iverse is inrinite. by Jel'inition it can have no beginning.

Tht: biblical account or the universe suggests it wns "created'' by God. This would suggest there is n turl puint from which the universe began. There is at least one irresolvable problem with this bi.:lief of a starting point. The universe would not exist before it was created. Therefore, under these circumstances one of the universe's infinite properties are eliminated. thus creating a finite universe. Sinr.:e it has been demonstrated that the universe r.;un only exist in an infinite state, creation of the universe is impossible.

Auucking Scientific Paradigms cn11be fun lOO.

The problem with the l3ig bang theory is similar. According 10 G. Gammv and others, the universe has been expunding from u highly compressed state since roughly I() to 15 billion years ago, (The Britannica Concise Online, keyword: Big Bang). Many scientists including E. Hubble (namesake of the Hubble Ielcscope) have believed in the expansion of Ihe universe since 1929 when Hubble discovered ''red shifts.'' Red shift refer to the widening of light's wavelengths produced when an object moves away from the ubsl.'rvcr. In other wore.ls,reJ ~hifrs are like the Doppler cllcl·t, (The Britannica Concise O11li11c.keyword: red shift).

This sounds like pretty solid evidence of an expanding universe. Fine. let's prctrnJ for a while that the universe i indeed expantling. If the universe were nclually expanding. then this would suggest thul it is increasing in si1,e.Cun an i111'initeunivcrsi.: get bigger? No. expansion ol' an inlinitc body i~ u c11ntradicliun in ti.:rms.

Wh:.tt about thi.: red hifts. then'?

The red shifts can be expluined as follows: sturs nnc.l planetary bodies arc n,oving/expanding relativi.: to other finite bodies wirhin the universe. but ari.: not rnov• ing relative 1n the universe itself. Meaning that elements uf the universe. like: stars. galaxies, nebulas. ell'., ari.: changing their position in relation to fixed points. but their mnveme11Iin relation to an infinitely sized universe is impossible.

Now lhut the infinite universe in regards to Lime and space is .ill cleured up, I must get up from this computer and continue n,y strir.:t regimi.:n of "menwl conditioning'' tu prepare fur the next installll\ent of Annutntivc Debauchery. Un1il then. reine,11bcr, you cannot actuully move anywhere in relation tu the infinite universe wuil n second. then how ;1111 I supposed I() get to the Li4uor Store to pir.;k up the two-four I wa~ going to mentally contlitilrn myself with'!

ANNOTATIVE DEDAUCI-IERY PART

THREE is due to nppeur in thi.: next issull ut' lhc Cascade. There Yllll will disco\lcr the meaning or lifi.:. Well. maybe not, but that'~ wh11II am going to write about.

Thanks, to Lllgun, anJ /\clam; without ut11 discu:.sions, Annotative Debauchery would 1101 have happened.

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