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Old 10-04-2025, 16:07   #63
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Re: The speed of light, etc

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
On the balloon analogy:

That just doesn't wash. In that analogy, the matter in the universe is on the outer perimeter with nothing inside. The universe we are observing is full of stuff. What have I misunderstood?
You're probably right in that it should have matter represented inside it also, a bit difficult with a balloon. It just shows rather crudely that everything is moving away from everything else. That said it's a 4D (apparently) representation of space-time not just space so perhaps the inside is the time vector and the surface represents 3D space. Difficult to represent 4 dimensions using 3.
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