But then I had a revelation. Perhaps the question of an infinite universe is not as unknowable as one might think. Might there not be more indirect ways that would lead us to the conclusion that the universe is infinite? The answer might lie in my own field of expertise. Mathematics has been a very powerful telescope through which to look at the universe. What if the current laws of physics lead to a mathematical contradiction under the assumption that the universe is finite? That would force us to conclude that the universe must be infinite, or that our laws of physics are at fault. This is
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