Nekar Xenos <nek### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:37:51 +0200, Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:

> > On 01/12/2010 6:10 PM, Warp wrote:
> >>    And exactly what is wrong about that statement?
> >  > ...
> >
> > So you are saying that the universe is expanding at a speed faster than  
> > the speed of light?
> >
> This looks like a misunderstanding to me. Isn't that like saying if 2 cars  
> are moving away from each other each with a speedo reading of 100kph that  
> they are moving at 200kph?

  No, it's not like that. The expansion of the universe is not galaxies
moving away from each other because they had an initial velocity towards
some direction. It's about the space itself expanding, its geometry
changing.

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                                                          - Warp

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