"The River Model" of Flowing Space Is Being Taught at the Unive...

**oldcoot** · #1 May 23rd 07, 09:17 PM posted to alt.astronomy

On May 23, 12:00 pm, Double-A wrote:

If all the mass of the universe were once contained in one
singularity, time would be infinitely dilated, and so no events could
ever occur, not even a Big Bang.

Dilated relative to *what*, itself? Or to us 'out here'? Remember, the
'relative' in relativity is all about seeing from alternate referance
frames. This most basic precept of relativity is what many (if not
most) professing relativists don't seem to 'get'. They can recite "the
math" till the cows come home, but don't seem to have the knack of
mentally transposing to alternate frames and experientially 'seeing
from' the alternate frame. oc

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