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Nope. A ball of radius R around Earth contains R^3 stars. The angular size of Earth as seen from each star is 1/R^2 or more. So the total light coming to Earth
by cousin_it 11y ago
Nope.
A ball of radius R around Earth contains R^3 stars. The angular size of Earth as seen from each star is 1/R^2 or more. So the total light coming to Earth is proportional to R. As R goes to infinity, you get Olbers paradox.
If you insist on talking about trees, in an infinite forest of trees that are 800 miles apart and 1mm thick, you wouldn't see the sky.
- rdiddly 11y agoYup. The universe was declared infinite not because it is, but because it repeatedly defied our hubris. "If we can't find the end of it, it must be endless!" Kind of like "If she doesn't like me she must be a lesbian!"