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Originally Posted by rahl
It's pretty universaly accepted that the universe is expanding. Since it is expanding that would lead you to assume that there has to be an edge or end of the universe. What the universe is expanding in to I don't know.
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Universally accepted doesn't mean it's true. (see: earth is flat)
Fallacy: Appeal to Belief
We are in the realm of hypothesis and conjecture. My point is that you can't just outright prove that it's not infinite, and proving that it's finite does not actually preclude the concept of infinity. It could exist infinitely in time and only be the size of a teacup.
Furthermore, and slightly off topic, if the universe is not infinite, what happens when you reach the end of the universe (see: Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)