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philipwhiukyesterday at 9:30 PM1 replyview on HN

Note that they almost immediately contract from 'the universe' to 'the visible universe', which isn't the same thing at all.


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mr_mitmyesterday at 11:26 PM

It's observable universe, and that's the only thing that matters. Events outside the observable universe are causally disconnected. We will never interact with anything outside the observable universe. For all practical purposes, it's the same thing.