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human
During the Big Bang, did the universe expand faster than the speed of light?

I assume raw speculation... just curious.  Speed of light seems like *THE* reliable metric.  But seems awfully slow in the scope of our universe.

edit: thanks for the info, i suppose its a pretty big question.  so far, i'm still torn between concepts of "what is measurable in the context of our universe indicates speed of light is limit" and roughly "the universe itself is some pretty fast moving shit, speed of light need not apply"  --- Roughly speaking, it seems a bit conflicting.  I'm ok with that, as long as you smart ass physics ninjas are on the case. Thank you for your time.... er, what is time again?  ah forget it, i need some sleep. =)

edit 2: ok, cant sleep yet... still reading, thank you all for the time, I'm really feeling this. 

edit 3: Got it!  The word "Universe" doesn't include the giant turtle shell that it sits on top of, and any attempt to explain the turtle shell simply results in more turtle shells.  Whew, for a second i was worried.  have a great weekend =)

edit 4: goddamn turtle shells.
gpt
Yes. Much much faster: during inflation (t=10^-36 to t=10^-32 seconds or so after the "start" of the universe) it expanded by 10^80 times (roughly, we haven't pinned down very precise constraints on inflation yet). After that, it slowed down considerably, but even now if you take two points relatively far apart they will still be expanding faster than light (since expansion is uniform in all directions, the "speed" of expansion in m/s depends on the distance between the two chosen points).