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What is the point of the raisin bread analogy for the expanding universe?



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to show that all observers see other raisins (galaxies) expanding away from them



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to show that the raisins (galaxies) at the centre of the loaf have a special viewpoint



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to show that there is an edge to the universe (the crust)



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to show that the expansion is faster near the edges and slower in the centre

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