Subj : Possible Worlds
To   : LEE LOFASO
From : Stewart Honsberger
Date : Thu Nov 01 2001 02:19 pm

Hello LEE!

Nov 01 2001 16:36, LEE LOFASO wrote to DAVE OLDRIDGE:

 LL> One can have two valid premises and a wrong conclusion.

 LL> An example of a valid syllogism with a correct conclusion would be:
[...]
 LL> An example of a syllogism with two valid premises with a wrong
 LL> conclusion would be:
[...]

Well put.

 LL> Still, it would be finite.  The universe itself is a finite universe,
 LL> having a definite beginning (The Big Bang) with a definite end (The 
 LL> Big Collapse).

These, of course, being theories.

Moreover - if there was a 'Big Bang' - what ignited it? What was there, outside 
of that which exploded into our universe? Eternal nothingness?

 LL> Does the universe begin again once it has collapsed, only to collapse
 LL> again and start all over again and again and again et al infinitum?

I've heard this theory discussed. It sounds interesting, but more along the 
lines of a fantasy novel than scientific "fact".

 LL> Infinity.  Such a complicated word...

The longest in the language.

[Stewart Honsberger] [blackdeath@softhome.net] [http://blackdeath.2y.net/]

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