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Old July 28th 03, 03:44 AM
Scott Hedrick
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Default Big bang question - Dumb perhaps

"Kent Betts" wrote in message
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Also worth noting that the Many Worlds theory has not been ruled out; that

the
Universe is one of more than one.


universe: n. 1. The aggregate of all existing things; the whole creation
embracing all celestial bodies and all of space; the cosmos. (Funk &
Wagnalls New International Dictionary of the English Language, Comprehensive
Edition, 1987)

There can be no such thing as more than one universe, since the word, by
definition, encompasses everything. If there were more than one "universe"
as you define it, then the sum collection of all "universes" would still be
*the* Universe. "Multiverse" is an imaginary word sometimes used as a
substitute for a lack of imagination, but in any case, it is synonymous with
Universe, since there is nothing in a "multiverse" that is not in the
Universe.

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