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> within existing theory, the location of "the farthest we can see" is not particularly meaningful physically

Except that you can always put a finite upper bound on that distance. That is what matters with regards to the topic under discussion.



Which means that it is exactly as meaningful as the event horizon of a black hole. The last point where the external observer (ie us) can see what happens. But in a different coordinate system, not particularly special at all.


Yes, that's right. Different observers have different light cones. Yours is a little different from mine. But that is missing the point, which is that every observer has a light cone beyond which they cannot see -- not even by collaborating with other observers with different light cones.




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