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Jul 7 2011 09:56am
Its very interesting to research this as much as we can. We are limited so far in what we can understand of it, because obviously we can only go by observation & can't see outside of this universe.

It goes to show that humans don't actually have it ALL figured out, contrary to what they think in their pride of the self.
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Jul 7 2011 10:20am
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It goes to show that humans don't actually have it ALL figured out, contrary to what they think in their pride of the self.


My apologies for the crude language you are about to read, but you are going to have to cite your source(s) for this bullshit you just typed.

I do not recall humans ever believing they have had it "ALL figured out."

Do you just scroll right past all of bentherdonethat's posts?


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Jul 7 2011 10:23am
Quote (bentherdonethat @ Jul 6 2011 05:04pm)
The real question is if there are other universes, are they even accessible to us. They might exist and be perfectly inaccessible to us so we could never know about them.

For an example that we can relate to, in 100 billion years, the distant galaxies will have accelerated away from us so much that they'll be moving faster away from us than the speed of light (space-time's expansion is not limited by c) that any light from them will never be able to reach living beings in a distant galaxy. Those beings will only be able to observe the stars in their own local universe. Because of this they will believe that the universe is limited to just their own galaxy. They will come to the wrong conclusion based on all evidence that is possible to gather.


Loosely quoting Carl Sagan. Nice


yes, I know that space expansion is not limited by lightspeed, but they have actually theorized a way to test for extra dimensions by smashing antimater with matter at fermilab, since when they collide they completely anihilate each other. They then would go backwards and rebuild before the collision and if anything is missing it would prove some energy was lost into another dimension, particularly gravitons

will be cool if it actually works ^

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Jul 7 2011 03:27pm
I try to understand the multi-universe theory based off the Schrodinger's Cat-thought experiment.
I am a bit skeptic, though.

I understand that quantum physics would suggest that the cat is both alive and dead, and the subjectivity/disturbance by human presence will show us only one possibility.
If there is, however, a multiverse, it is interesting.
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Jul 7 2011 04:30pm
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I try to understand the multi-universe theory based off the Schrodinger's Cat-thought experiment.
I am a bit skeptic, though.

I understand that quantum physics would suggest that the cat is both alive and dead, and the subjectivity/disturbance by human presence will show us only one possibility.
If there is, however, a multiverse, it is interesting.

Another way to think about the Schroedinger's Cat thought experiment is that it redefines the idea of what causes a measurement. Conventional use of the word "observation" requires a human to directly witness an event in order to take a "measurement." However, in Quantum Mechanics, an "observation" or a "measurement" does not require human intervention. Specifically, in the Schroedinger's Cat experiment, the thing making the measurement is not the person that looks into the box. By that time the is either Alive or it is Dead. The thing that makes the observation (and thus collapses the wave function) is the Geiger counter. If the radioactive substance decays, the Geiger counter "observes" it.

I wouldn't say that Schroedinger's Cat specifically provides reason to believe that there is another universe, though. The "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics is separate from that thought experiment, but application of that interpretation allows you to imagine two separate universes: one where the cat lives and one where the cat dies.
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http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lah0fsOMh71qdn39io1_500.jpg

Perfectly coincidental.
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Jul 7 2011 11:45pm
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Perfectly coincidental.


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Jul 7 2011 11:55pm
so if i came on someones face, they will have millions of universes on their cheeks?

sounds good.
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Jul 8 2011 04:56am
The universe is everything that exists everywhere so no there is only one but..
Questions should be is there something beyond the farthest that we can see?
I think so
I think there are clusters of big bangs all over just light has not connected them so we cant see that far yet.

They had a show on science channel of this it was part of through the wormhole.
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