Originally Posted by
Abra
I can't go on with this argument until you convince me that the universe will equal zero.
As X approaches an asymptote from one side, the value gets infinitely close to zero. Eventually, there's a value for X where you are sooooo close to zero, nobody cares if you finally call it zero. Embarrassingly, I don't remember the name of this number (a little help here?).
To apply this to the universe, however, is ridiculous and irresponsible. So what if the universe is only 1.0x10^-1,000,000,000 away from becoming flat? That's still a value. But perhaps you don't grasp infinity...? There is no room for generalizing when the universe is involved. And who is to say that once it cannot expand any further, it won't simply start deflating?