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So, what happened outside of our universe's spacetime to bring it into being? That becomes speculation, although it's still limited and informed by the theories that can give rise to singularities and/or space-time.
Whenever you see these science popularizing videos, rest assured there's a truckload of math behind them!!
08/21/09
Based on what is shown in this video, couldn't there be an 11th dimension? The dimension of individual perspective?
This dimension would be represented by a line between what 1 individual sees and what another sees.
As with the other dimensions, there are infinite points and infinite lines.
Two individuals looking at a mirror from a slightly different angle will see a completely different image.
08/20/09
Those were the days, when you could be an engineer in R&D and get a Nobel prize.
'scuse me, I'm getting a little verklempt...
08/23/09
"Those were the days...."
Yeap!!
Now they make you sign Non Disclosure Agreements and add new lines to it each time you move a muscle and they copyright your stuff at least 20 times to cover all the angles, not mentioning all the patents they get behind your back.
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WHERE ARE WE????? Fvck that's enough to make me want to get drunk..
08/20/09
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08/20/09
We have no idea what >90% of the universe is currently made up of (dark matter, dark energy) so when she says we started from nothing, no matter, no energy, no time. There is a good chance we just have no idea how to describe everything before the big bang (ie time=0) just as we have no idea how to describe 90% of the current universe.
08/20/09
You see, we think of the universe as an ever expanding bubble and we are somewhere in it. But it might not be a *Single* bubble, it mightbe the union of several deformed bubbles as the universe might have not expanded evenly after the big bang.... but the results we see today might lead us to believe that dark matter fills the void of what should be out there.
A far out theory, but it does explain the difference of what should be out that we cannot see.
We seem to occupy a very special place in the universe that we see out there...
Read the whole article here: [www.scientificamerican.com]
08/20/09
Believe it or not, I don't have one.
08/21/09
:)
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08/20/09
A blessing and a curse.
08/20/09
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"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
08/20/09
And so, yeah, what about that "nothing" from the first video. I've always read "super-massive singularity" at the beginning, which seems a lot more plausible than the "creation" of something from nothing. Guess I should go read her book.
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The infinite nature of physics reminds me of philosophy. Maybe its because both are so endless.
08/20/09
We got nothing to worry about!
08/20/09