Yeah, but in this case is the universe just the dots on the surface of the balloon or is it the whole balloon with its entire volume? Intuitively I think it’s the latter (although there’s probably no “hard” edge that’s bounding the ends of the universe like the rubber of the balloon), and if that’s true, you could measure the speed of one wall getting away from the centre or the speed of two opposite walls getting away from each other.
I could be wrong of course, I’d be happy if someone points out what I might be missing.
Yeah, when you put the dimensions implication in it it starts making a bit more sense - implying that we’re two-dimensional and the third dimension inside the balloon is the things that we don’t fully comprehend (yet).
Yep I think you have to imagine dots suspended in space inside the balloon to better get what’s going on, and you’re right, the “edge” of the universe is definitely nothing like the surface if the balloon. Probably?
No offense taken. I’m not a scientist either, but I believe in the idea that anything can be taken as an explanation if it makes sense at the time, and later be taken apart, discarded and replaced with a better explanation when one comes along.
Yeah, but in this case is the universe just the dots on the surface of the balloon or is it the whole balloon with its entire volume? Intuitively I think it’s the latter (although there’s probably no “hard” edge that’s bounding the ends of the universe like the rubber of the balloon), and if that’s true, you could measure the speed of one wall getting away from the centre or the speed of two opposite walls getting away from each other.
I could be wrong of course, I’d be happy if someone points out what I might be missing.
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Yeah, when you put the dimensions implication in it it starts making a bit more sense - implying that we’re two-dimensional and the third dimension inside the balloon is the things that we don’t fully comprehend (yet).
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Yep I think you have to imagine dots suspended in space inside the balloon to better get what’s going on, and you’re right, the “edge” of the universe is definitely nothing like the surface if the balloon. Probably?
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No offense taken. I’m not a scientist either, but I believe in the idea that anything can be taken as an explanation if it makes sense at the time, and later be taken apart, discarded and replaced with a better explanation when one comes along.