Space and stuff

[Sassy Colombian]

An alternative view to the beginnings of our universe.

The Big Bang never happened but fusion will - Asia Times

Jonathan Tennenbaum: The Big Bang is probably the most famous scientific theory since Einstein's relativity. The Big Bang theory says that our Universe

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[Philw]

An alternative view to the beginnings of our universe.
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The Big Bang never happened but fusion will - Asia Times

Jonathan Tennenbaum: The Big Bang is probably the most famous scientific theory since Einstein's relativity. The Big Bang theory says that our Universe

asiatimes.com

I concur.

 

[chrismpw]

An alternative view to the beginnings of our universe.
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The Big Bang never happened but fusion will - Asia Times

Jonathan Tennenbaum: The Big Bang is probably the most famous scientific theory since Einstein's relativity. The Big Bang theory says that our Universe

asiatimes.com

Very interesting read. I've been in science since I was a lad. I have to say I've grown increasingly uneasy about all these anomalies and exceptions. It seems that if you find something that suggests a physicist is wrong then their stock answer is to go away and find another dimension in mathematics which shows they're right (so long as that dimension exists).

My own thought is that the universe is elegantcand simple- but we just haven't stumbled upon that simple elegant truth yet - we've found approximations.

 

[Paris]

 

[Billy Dean]

Just been watching The Universe on Netflix. Can’t get my head around how mad space is. The vastness of space and time is just incomprehensible to me. Kind of makes me think how relatively insignificant we all are lol

 

[Nymzee]

Just been watching The Universe on Netflix. Can’t get my head around how mad space is. The vastness of space and time is just incomprehensible to me. Kind of makes me think how relatively insignificant we all are lol

We are mere grains of sand on a beach.

 

[bluerobert]

We are mere grains of sand on a beach.

if that beach was the size of the entire planet and our solar system was the size of one of those grains of sand.

Zezti posted a link to the kurzgesagt videos in the anti-vax thread, they’re a great starting point on anything space. The PBS space time series is another excellent series into anything space related that I’d highly recommend

 

[Billy Dean]

We are mere grains of sand on a beach.

I think we’re even less than that mate

 

[Nymzee]

I think we’re even less than that mate

Well I was more just sounding philosophical not exactly going into exact math haha.

 

[Billy Dean]

I find it hard to believe there is no other life out there. Also I think there must be some source of creation, but not a God as humans tend to understand it

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

SpaceX Crew Dragon 1 taking 4 astronauts to the ISS is scheduled to launch at 1927 ET tomorrow (0027 British time Monday). It should be live on Youtube.

 

[riddick]

I find it hard to believe there is no other life out there. Also I think there must be some source of creation, but not a God as humans tend to understand it

Statistically it's not just improbable, it's impossible. Basically the Fermi Paradox.

 

[roydo]

Statistically it's not just improbable, it's impossible. Basically the Fermi Paradox.

Stats invented by humans though. Science, maths, they all work in our world, cos we invented them, and tested them to the limit of our brain power.

Whats to say there isnt a different set of rules and that, that have been tested and work by creatures occupying a scientific and biological level far beyond ours?

 

[LostLegend]

Stats invented by humans though. Science, maths, they all work in our world, cos we invented them, and tested them to the limit of our brain power.

Whats to say there isnt a different set of rules and that, that have been tested and work by creatures occupying a scientific and biological level far beyond ours?

 

[riddick]

Stats invented by humans though. Science, maths, they all work in our world, cos we invented them, and tested them to the limit of our brain power.

Whats to say there isnt a different set of rules and that, that have been tested and work by creatures occupying a scientific and biological level far beyond ours?

Because it's not actually stats, it's science. There are X number of stars in the known universe that are ideal for life. Of those stars there are Y that have proper conditions that are ideal for life. Of those there are Z that have planets within an ideal range where life could flourish.

And, yes, I will gladly acquiesce that this is all predicated on our understanding of science as it stands right now being correct. You may well be correct; there may well be a ton of variables we may not have thought of and even more that we wouldn't even grasp the fundamental understanding of.