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Don't be ignorant. See the big picture.
Science wasn't just a course in school. It's real.
I've been watching the science channel and absorbing facts about our universe like a sponge. It really puts it into perspective when you see something like the Sloan Great Wall, a.k.a. the largest scientifically documented structure in the known universe, spanning nearly 1.4 billion light years across. It's a super cluster of galaxies, where billions of galaxies exist within an enormous cosmic web. Each galaxy containing billions of stars/solar systems. Each star containing numorous planets. And in one particular system, on one particular mass of rock in the perfect not-too-hot-not-too-cold goldilocks region of the solar system, we exist.
So the next time life gets you down or drama floods your interactions with the world... remember. It's SO LAUGHABLY UNIMPORTANT!
*laughs, shaking head and just walks away*
PS- No, nothing dramatic has happened causing this post. Seriously, I was just fascinated by the universe and had to share. Why does nobody even talk about this stuff anymore?
Science wasn't just a course in school. It's real.
I've been watching the science channel and absorbing facts about our universe like a sponge. It really puts it into perspective when you see something like the Sloan Great Wall, a.k.a. the largest scientifically documented structure in the known universe, spanning nearly 1.4 billion light years across. It's a super cluster of galaxies, where billions of galaxies exist within an enormous cosmic web. Each galaxy containing billions of stars/solar systems. Each star containing numorous planets. And in one particular system, on one particular mass of rock in the perfect not-too-hot-not-too-cold goldilocks region of the solar system, we exist.
So the next time life gets you down or drama floods your interactions with the world... remember. It's SO LAUGHABLY UNIMPORTANT!
*laughs, shaking head and just walks away*
PS- No, nothing dramatic has happened causing this post. Seriously, I was just fascinated by the universe and had to share. Why does nobody even talk about this stuff anymore?
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This is why I can't understand religion. :P
The only universal truth is we're made up of atoms, anything else is just arrangements of atoms and how we're conditioned to view those atoms. A dog and a rock are only different through the number of protons, neutrons and electrons (maybe eventually they're all made of the same thing if you get down far enough) and how we are conditioned socially to see them through being human beings.
The only universal truth is we're made up of atoms, anything else is just arrangements of atoms and how we're conditioned to view those atoms. A dog and a rock are only different through the number of protons, neutrons and electrons (maybe eventually they're all made of the same thing if you get down far enough) and how we are conditioned socially to see them through being human beings.
Agreed. Not to mention we have an already common sense of hierarchy amongst living creatures on what life is more important than another. An ants life is viewed far less important than a snake and a snake less important than a dog or cat. And of course, if something's cute, it has far more importance than anything. XD Well, the humans will at least try to conserve it at that point.
I find without enough evidence, I don't subscribe to any particular point of view.
"Answers through ignorance" as I call it, can be used as an excuse for many religious beliefs. Not much better than the "what if" system. As more evidence appears that supports specifically that belief, I may come to believe in it.
I always believed that time is the fourth dimension (as string theory states), as with any dimension, it is impossible to percieve unless it exists on some level, but nothing can be truly destroyed, so existence in the dimension of time is infinite on some level.
As for agnosticism, I find that is the most reasonable belief system, I too subscribe to it. However, I must say I am an athiest-agnostic, I will act as if no such being exists, and if they did, clearly they don't care enough about how I act anyways.
tl;dr: Whheeeee free time
"Answers through ignorance" as I call it, can be used as an excuse for many religious beliefs. Not much better than the "what if" system. As more evidence appears that supports specifically that belief, I may come to believe in it.
I always believed that time is the fourth dimension (as string theory states), as with any dimension, it is impossible to percieve unless it exists on some level, but nothing can be truly destroyed, so existence in the dimension of time is infinite on some level.
As for agnosticism, I find that is the most reasonable belief system, I too subscribe to it. However, I must say I am an athiest-agnostic, I will act as if no such being exists, and if they did, clearly they don't care enough about how I act anyways.
tl;dr: Whheeeee free time
I agree with you in that time is certainly the 4th dimension and is in fact capable of being manipulated in the right circumstances. If I remember correctly, the satellites that orbit earth actually pass through time at a slightly faster speed, around 3-thousandths of a second each day faster than our time on earth. The clocks aboard these satellites are sufficiently programed to adjust to this minute detail on a regular basis, since if they didn't, GPS systems would consistently be off-target by about 6 miles per day.
The cool thing is that it is possible to time travel, though only to the future as far as we know so far for sure. The fact that nature's laws keep any material object from ever reaching the speed of light helps make this possible. Imagine a ship just like an airplane, with its cabin full of passengers to the future. As the ship goes faster and faster, approaching the speed of light, time slows down the closer to the speed it gets. Because it cannot reach the speed of light itself, neither can the passengers aboard. Imagine a little girl aboard wants to run to the front of the ship or throws a ball towards the front of the cabin area. Because she and/or the ball cannot pass the speed of light, time slows down to compensate, causing her to move at a speed under the limit of light speed. So to sum it up, a ship could travel just short of lightspeed by going fast enough in space. Upon the return trip to earth, the passengers would arrive in a different time. Essentially time would have slowed down so much for the passengers that in 100 years after leaving earth, a mere 2 weeks would have passed for the passengers.
It's some wild and crazy stuff, no?
The cool thing is that it is possible to time travel, though only to the future as far as we know so far for sure. The fact that nature's laws keep any material object from ever reaching the speed of light helps make this possible. Imagine a ship just like an airplane, with its cabin full of passengers to the future. As the ship goes faster and faster, approaching the speed of light, time slows down the closer to the speed it gets. Because it cannot reach the speed of light itself, neither can the passengers aboard. Imagine a little girl aboard wants to run to the front of the ship or throws a ball towards the front of the cabin area. Because she and/or the ball cannot pass the speed of light, time slows down to compensate, causing her to move at a speed under the limit of light speed. So to sum it up, a ship could travel just short of lightspeed by going fast enough in space. Upon the return trip to earth, the passengers would arrive in a different time. Essentially time would have slowed down so much for the passengers that in 100 years after leaving earth, a mere 2 weeks would have passed for the passengers.
It's some wild and crazy stuff, no?
The satellites actually experience time slightly slower since, at the speeds they are traveling at, relativity stops being negligible.
As for your spaceship example, the speed of light is constant for all observers. Even for a spaceship moving at nearly the speed of light, they would still see a beam of light moving at 3*10^8 m/s. Look up Lorentz transformations for the math behind it. You can also check out this video.
Actually, there is another weird relativistic effect - as objects travel faster, their mass increases (up to infinite mass at the speed of light). This is another reason why we can't get objects to travel at the speed of light - the closer we get, the more mass the object has, and thus the more energy that is needed to move it faster.
As for your spaceship example, the speed of light is constant for all observers. Even for a spaceship moving at nearly the speed of light, they would still see a beam of light moving at 3*10^8 m/s. Look up Lorentz transformations for the math behind it. You can also check out this video.
Actually, there is another weird relativistic effect - as objects travel faster, their mass increases (up to infinite mass at the speed of light). This is another reason why we can't get objects to travel at the speed of light - the closer we get, the more mass the object has, and thus the more energy that is needed to move it faster.
If you really get down to it, string theory necessitates anywhere between 10 and 26 dimensions (11 seems to be the one most scientists agree on).
I may have been a little unclear - while I am indeed an agnostic, what I meant in this context was that I am agnostic towards the idea of string theory.
I may have been a little unclear - while I am indeed an agnostic, what I meant in this context was that I am agnostic towards the idea of string theory.
I would say you're missing another couple of levels up.
This reminds me a lot of the powers of 10 video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0
or the star size comparison - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q
This reminds me a lot of the powers of 10 video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0
or the star size comparison - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q
I think I saw that for the first time in a high school physics class. It is incredibly dated (who dresses like that anymore?) and 34 years behind (we've made huge advances in both directions since then), but it still does a great job at showing us where we really are.
You know, oddly enough, it doesn't really make me feel that insignificant. Granted, in the overall scheme of things, nothing I do will really mean anything at all, but for our own microscopic corner of the universe, and for my miniscule portion of that corner, I can do as much as I want. That's all that really matters, since that is the only thing that will affect others anyway.
You know, oddly enough, it doesn't really make me feel that insignificant. Granted, in the overall scheme of things, nothing I do will really mean anything at all, but for our own microscopic corner of the universe, and for my miniscule portion of that corner, I can do as much as I want. That's all that really matters, since that is the only thing that will affect others anyway.
now go watch Cosmos if you haven't
this is a great little flash showing the size of stuff http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347
and this is a neat image doing the same just doesn't get as small as the flash http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/image.....ll-we-are1.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDGuPp1np4o
One of the most sad but impressive songs I have ever been shown.
One of the most sad but impressive songs I have ever been shown.
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