Some reasons why you do not know the size or age of the universe.

The following is a response to Dr Don Lyncoln's video from Fermilab, How far is the edge of the universe?

Some reasons why you do not know the size or age of the universe.  

1) The models used to explain the origin and development of the universe are evolutionary models, which are in principle, always bottom up models. The bottom up models are more from less,something from nothing models which are impossible. As the models are not real, the modeled size and age of the are always only ever of a fictitious universe.

2) The models make assumptions about the nature of physics which cannot be universally verified. As the verification of say, the speed of light, the nature of light, the mechanism and effects of gravity is impossible, the models only ever conclude to a size and age of the universe which of a real universe, which can only ever produce an agnostic outcome. An agnostic outcome infers the size and age of the universe can never be known through science alone.

3) The models are restricted to an enclosed set of parameters which define the model. For example, a Newtonian universe assumes gravity as mass attraction, absolute space, absolute motion, and inertia caused by the mass of a body. All of these and the other assumptions within the model are enclosed within the model and cannot be examined to be true or false only from within the model. Therefore whenever a model is used to determine the size and age of the universe, the model only produces results, based upon unverifiable assumptions. In other words, because every model is enclosed on itself, there is no external means to double check the model.

Similarly, when a model has a set of assumptions working together it may be very difficult to verify which assumptions are false and which are true within a complex model that accounts for several physical properties and any observations. The difficulty of determining the truth value of the combination of assumptions concludes to the agnostic value of the size and age of the universe.

4) All models make assumptions and must assert truths whilst the model maker knows there are always several known unknowns and perhaps many other unknown unknowns. The apparent success of the models cannot fully account for the unkowns. Therefore models must always conclude to the agnostic value of the size and age of the universe.

5)  The current standard big bang model always involves assuming the universe is in accordance with relativity theory. But the assumption of relativity of the universe is never proven. Therefore the standard model and must always conclude to the agnostic value of the size and age of the universe.

6) The standard model is a self creation myth.  Therefore the standard model and must always conclude to mythical value of the size and age of the universe.

I predict the post will be deleted shortly due to the non conformist problems within the models.