My science teacher was telling the class that the universe is expanding but I don't understand how this phenomenon can happen. If the universe is expanding what is it expanding into? You can't expand EVERYTHING because. Well. It's everything! Is there an alternate universe that we are expanding into? And if so how is that possible if the UNIVERSE is EVERYTHING! I've never been so confused and my brain's about fried. If you have any input to explain better than my science teacher how this is supposedly happening I'd truly appreciate it.
I assume someone else has already noted that the alternative makes no sense either. If the universe was finite, what is at its edge? How does it end? I think this is one of the fun questions that gives you a sense of the brain's comprehension of God. Imagining limitless space or limitless time - or trying to imagine what is at the edge - gets all the neurons firing, but an answer is unlikely to be forthcoming.
Think about it for a while and then forget it. There is a Zen word, mu, that basically translates to "unask the question, parameters too broad." By which I mean that the answer to the question is simply outside the range of the question itself. A common Zen question used as an example is "Does a dog have Buddha Nature?" Well, a yes or no - and its implications - goes so far beyond the question's meaning (maybe) as to render it unfit for response.
Eh I don't think that he can really claim that the universe is expanding because I think the universe has an undetermined size, so we wouldn't really know if its expanding or not. I'm not sure what he means neither.
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