Warp wrote:
> 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.

It's like two cars on a drawbridge, sitting still while the bridge opens, 
and hence moving away from each other even tho the parking brakes are on. :-)

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