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multigraincracker

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21. Infinite time and space is hard to comprehend.

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:44 AM

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No beginning and no end to either. That means it is all happening infinite times and places. When we get to the end of this universe now, it’s happening infinite times and place. No ends and no beginnings.
For some reason our brains can not handle this. Yet there is no other answer.

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