Universe_s_ (was: Re: OT, and religeous)

I recently read-- I think in Time Magazine perhaps past 2-3 issues ago--that
a newly respectable _theory_ posits that there may be multiple universes
(perhaps an infinite number).  The man who proposes this is an amateur, but
for some reason the interest of professionals has been excited . Sorry I
don't remember more details.........
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <joe@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: December 2, 2004 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: OT, and religeous


> Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> >Quoting Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...>:
> >
> >>Since the concensus seems to
> >>be that the universe is finite,
>
> >Really? All popular cosmology works from recent years I've read have said
> >it's
> >probably not.
> >
> Really?  I find that very surprising.  All the stuff I've read suggest
> that it's boundless, but finite.  Like the surface of a sphere.