Snakefoot Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 String theorists Neil Turok of Cambridge University and Paul Steinhardt, Albert Einstein Professor in Science and Director of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton believe that the cosmos we live in was actually created by the cyclical trillion-year collision of two universes that were attracted toward each other by the leaking of gravity out of one of the universes "sucking" the other toward it. More here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 So who sucked? God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakefoot Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 So who sucked? God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Sorry. Couldn't help it. Thanks for the link btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakefoot Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Sorry. Couldn't help it. Thanks for the link btw. I figured this is one of the few internet watering holes with enough intelligent people to appreciate it. Fascinating stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyone Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 The views of cosmologists are indeed changing. Much of the data concerning the current state of the universe is inconsistent with older theories. It really is beginning to look like the allegory of the 6 blind men examining the elephant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakefoot Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 The views of cosmologists are indeed changing. Much of the data concerning the current state of the universe is inconsistent with older theories. It really is beginning to look like the allegory of the 6 blind men examining the elephant. Achmed, that is not the trunk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyone Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 The views of cosmologists are indeed changing. Much of the data concerning the current state of the universe is inconsistent with older theories. It really is beginning to look like the allegory of the 6 blind men examining the elephant. Achmed, that is not the trunk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franko47 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Q: What is the difference between a mailbox and an elephant's rear end ????? A: Give up ? Well.........we're certainly not sending you out to mail any letters ! ................ Anyway, that's a new twist on the Big bang thing, or what came before it. I suppose that eventually physicists will be able to recreate a micro-singularity in the lab. If they haven't already. For a while one of the theories was that the universe collapses upon itself after billions of years and when it reaches some absolute minimal state, explodes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefranden Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 So the universe is something like a short circuit. No wonder it's fucked up. Somebody should fix the insulation on those branes, so it doesn't happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Oh stop it, my brane hertz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakefoot Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Oh stop it, my brane hertz. You are so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 You are so bad. That's what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakefoot Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 You are so bad. That's what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 It's a standing joke from my kids right now. If anyone makes a statement that could be interpreted a bit different, they exclaim: "that's what she said!" ... But you probably know this already... ... Here I go again. Over-explaining things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakefoot Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 It's a standing joke from my kids right now. If anyone makes a statement that could be interpreted a bit different, they exclaim: "that's what she said!" ... But you probably know this already... ... Here I go again. Over-explaining things... Family Guy episode, Brian and Stewie assembling something or other, reading instructions: Brian: Okay, place rod A into slot B. Stewie: That's what she... Brian: If you say "That's what she said" one more time I'm going to pop you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I haven't seen that episode. I love Family Guy, but have no time to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfinite Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 So who sucked? God. Heheh, good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babylonian Dream Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 2 things, 1: interesting article. 2: No wonder the universe is so f***ed up, its the result of a collision. It figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Heheh, good one! Which means that God is not only the first cause, he's also the first sucker. No, wait, maybe that was Abraham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakefoot Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Heheh, good one! Which means that God is not only the first cause, he's also the first sucker. No, wait, maybe that was Abraham? Somebody's on a roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpheliaGinger Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Aside from the jokes, the Milky Way galaxy is on a collision course with Andromeda. Since Andromeda is the bigger galaxy, we are going to be melded into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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