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Why Does the Universe Expand?

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  1. BoiledCabbage · · focus · HN ↗
    Because our universe is actually the inside of a blackhole.

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Black_hole_cosmology#Evidence" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Black_hole_cosmology#Evidence

    1. Vetch · · focus · HN ↗
      There is a video with John Baez and Philip Gibbs explaining why this is a common misconception. It&#x27;s the same family of conceptual error, where things lining up just right allow incorrect conceptual reasoning to land at a correct answer shape, that allowed John Michell to work out the Schwarzschild radius of a star in the late 1700s.

      With the blackhole universe picture, causal boundaries and spacetime&#x27;s evolution aren&#x27;t properly accounted for once we step out of a static picture.

      Incidentally, the cosmic object we are more likely to be inside of is a white-hole.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ULjLGTd3-4s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ULjLGTd3-4s

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