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[–] superkret@feddit.org 155 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (27 children)

A faster light speed wouldn't make a difference, since she made the universe 96 billion light years wide.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 months ago (22 children)

Something tells me this isn't a bad thing. If there is an edge of the universe, it's probably going to be a very strange place.

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Indeed, but the way the math for expansion works is that there is something called a Hubble horizon and that makes it impossible to ever reach the edge, since it is moving away from us faster than light. (The limit doesn't apply to the expansion of space-time).

Quite a nifty solution by the Supreme Programmer to avoid us hitting the limits of the simulation. I couldn't have designed it better.

[–] MonkeMischief 9 points 2 months ago

"Space. It seems to go on and on forever... But then you get to the end and then a giant gorilla starts throwing barrels at you."

--Fry, "Futurama"

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