http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=geometric-test-universe

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"

Matt: My entry of earlier today on the standard model picked up the same study. If the universe is truly flat it expands forever and goes dark. As I noted, Penrose disagrees. He is trying to see in the CMBR circles that indicate the universe cycles, flat or not.