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Originally posted by Fragged
If there is an infinite amount of space but a finite amout of matter, well, it doesn't compute does it, the amount of matter in relation to the amount of space must also be infinitly small and well does that mean there is no matter?
I also read in New Scientist that Earth is a Spherical Geometry, which in small scales looks Euclidean (X, Y, Z all perpendicular). They think that space is the same but instead of being a sphere, it looks like a potato chip.
Just because something is infinitely small does not mean it is insignificant nor does it mean it is non-existant. A black hole is considered a point in space, of infinite density and fixed mass. To compress a fixed mass to infinite density, it logically follows that the point would have to be infinitely small. However, the curvature of space-time around that black hole is definitely significant and even bends light toward it. I hardly think you can say that that gravitational force does not exist.
SonicBoom
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