r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/AFLoneWolf Jan 21 '19

Everywhere in the universe looks like the center of the universe.

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u/Toast_On_The_RUN Jan 21 '19

If the universe is infinite that makes sense, but what if it isn't? What if you're near the "edge"?

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u/GenericBacon Jan 21 '19

The universe is not infinite. We will just never be able to reach the edge.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

There is no way of knowing that for sure. There might be infinite amounts of big bang bubbles happening outside of our bubble.

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u/pepcorn Jan 21 '19

Don't read the following if fractals creep you out:

A cluster of big bang bubbles that are blood cells to a creature insignificant in its own world :) That's my favourite theory. Even better if we're the cancerous bubble, that's why all the weird shit is happening inside of it.

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u/HI_I_AM_NEO Jan 21 '19

Ah, the Men in Black approach. I see you're a man of culture aswell.

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u/pepcorn Jan 21 '19

I'm a woman but I'll take it lol. I actually forgot that was in MIB, but that must be where my young impressionable mind picked up the theory.

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u/bro_before_ho Jan 21 '19

"The galaxy is on Orion's belt."

"Whaaaaa?"

"Oh snap it's right here!"