"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Zootal wrote:
Measuring the universe. For all practical purposes, the universe
is Flat.

The planet Mercury appears to be blissfully unaware of this.


But Cosmologists have decreed it so. And offered mathematical
proofs.

Which cosmologists are these?

There are several models of the universe, and IIRC all of them
provide for a curvature. The exception would be the universe
described as a Euclidean space, but I don't think any cosmologists
buy into that particular theory. The question is not "is the universe
curved", but "how exactly is it curved?"

Yep, but Lobby Dosser was asserting that they had decreed it to be flat
and
I want to know which particular cosmologists _he_ has in mind.


Well, the universe is curved more on the left side, and excessive curvature
is known to cause mental instability. Hence the global warming hysteria,
campaigns to save the spotted owl, and all kinds of lunacy from the left :-)