I understand we need to observe things before claiming this but did anyone really expect anything different? The “known universe” suffered from the same perspectives that had us believing the earth was the center of everything.
OGCelaris on
Isn’t that to be expected since the CBR is not uniform?
FilmSkeez on
Could be but at this times it’s a sphere.
Ender505 on
We will literally never know because we can only see what the speed of light has allowed us to see, which is a sphere inside of the universe.
peskyghost on
Well this changes everything /s
Land_of_smiles on
It could be shaped like a whiffle ball bat or a $30 amazon dehumidifier for all we know
thauyxs on
I was going to Subir Sarkar has been talking about this for (at least 5) years, then I see that he was the author of this article. Which actually makes me kinda sad that this idea hasn’t caught on or spread to more folks yet. Isotropy was a crude assumption to begin with, and it should never be taken for a fact.
oravanomic on
I have often observed swirls and counterswirls made by oars in still waters, and pondered whether the universe is like one of those swirls, but then I realize it is nonsense.
Universolar on
It is probably still symmetric or in another orderly, circling or flowery form like all objects in space.
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Yes we know what asymmetric means.
I understand we need to observe things before claiming this but did anyone really expect anything different? The “known universe” suffered from the same perspectives that had us believing the earth was the center of everything.
Isn’t that to be expected since the CBR is not uniform?
Could be but at this times it’s a sphere.
We will literally never know because we can only see what the speed of light has allowed us to see, which is a sphere inside of the universe.
Well this changes everything /s
It could be shaped like a whiffle ball bat or a $30 amazon dehumidifier for all we know
I was going to Subir Sarkar has been talking about this for (at least 5) years, then I see that he was the author of this article. Which actually makes me kinda sad that this idea hasn’t caught on or spread to more folks yet. Isotropy was a crude assumption to begin with, and it should never be taken for a fact.
I have often observed swirls and counterswirls made by oars in still waters, and pondered whether the universe is like one of those swirls, but then I realize it is nonsense.
It is probably still symmetric or in another orderly, circling or flowery form like all objects in space.