Re: processors of the future: super-computer-on-a-chip?

"Del Cecchi" <cecchinospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Peter Dickerson wrote:
"Alex Colvin" <alexc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, lets drop the universe having a center thing... Although, the

exact

place in space and time where the big bang "was called into existence"

could

arguably be the center? Na...

Since the big bang filled the entire universe, not just some part of it,
that center would be everywhere.


While I can agree with the conclusion (or that there is no well defined
centre) I can't agree with the logic. Just because air fills an entire
balloon doesn't mean that the centre is everywhere.

How can you have a center if there is no boundary? And there was no
space and time until the big bang, or until the Lord said "let there be
light" depending on your preference.

While I don't have any argument with the cosmology i feel I must nitpick.
Consider the ball (x,y,z) with x²+y²+z² < 1. This ball doesn't not have a
boundary, at least not that is part of the ball. But it does have a centre.
So you can most definitely have a centre without a boundary.

I must also nitpick about 'until', a concept that only exists after the big
bang.

Peter


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