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Old 19-08-2007, 07:20 PM
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Re: Does Space really go on forever?

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Originally Posted by jnb View Post
Except that there is no 'after' space. It curves back on itself much as the surface of the Earth doesn't go on for ever but has no edge where one can lean over and peer into the eye of the great A'Tuin.
but for space to have any dimensions - and thus be able to curve, there must be something surrounding it to define the dimension
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