[lbryce]

It would be a much more appreciated as a tool in which to actually navigate the vast, infinite oceans of cosmic time/space.

[lbryce]

Warp Drive Map of the Universe Ping

[Zeneta]

What is “Dark Matter/Energy” ?

Why is it called “Dark” ?

Can they create this model without it ?

[Dalberg-Acton]

"We Have a Detailed Model of the Universe"

No we don't.

[null and void]

ping

[mosaicwolf]

Nicely done illusion. Just like the illusion we perceive.

[Mariner]

"It would be a much more appreciated as a tool in which to actually navigate the vast, infinite oceans of cosmic time/space. "

Maybe we should figure out how to travel such distance first.

According to Einstein's Relativity models nothing can travel faster than light.

Quantum Physics has show "effect" on one body from another at faster speeds but has not shown the movement of matter/mass any faster.

That I know of, and I know jack.

[Amendment10]

Thank you for referencing that article lbryce. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

I like science and am intrigued with the information presented by this thread. But my basic reservation about the referenced computer model of the universe is the following. Since computer models don't agree on things like climate predictions, I'd be careful about putting too much faith into the computerized model of the universe.

FR: Climate modeling EPIC FAIL – Spencer: ‘the day of reckoning has arrived’

As a side note to this thread, please consider the following. Political activists are successfully exploiting the tendency of us humans to unquestioningly accept anything that computers are programmed (ahem) to tell us as the gospel truth.

[UCANSEE2]

This is wonderful news. Now we can find all those missing socks.

[Chode]

better than this one???

[UCANSEE2]

There is nothing more boring than everything in the Universe.

[mikrofon]

An interesting exercise & graphical application, FWIW. (Part of it looked somewhat like a Doctor Who intro ;-)

The video mentioned that “over a hundred thousand lines of code” were used to generate this simulation – I guess it’s easier to model 13 Billion years of cosmic evolution and Trillions of objects (both seen AND unseen) than it is to come up with a functional on-line Gov’t “healthcare” system...

[Chode]

a couple of points...

1)at the start of the video their model is completely asymmetrical, yet over time symmetry evolves, i don't see how either is possible

2)to create a model they need to calculate the center/origin of the universe, where/in what direction do they estimate it is?

[tet68]

Kinda flat looking to me, if it’s the universe where
is all the stuff around it?

[TigersEye]

Viewed as a whole it doesn’t appear to be expanding from a central point. What it does look similar to though is a neural net.

[VerySadAmerican]

“...if you EXCEPT the powers of human memory...”

Does she mean to remove the powers of human memory from the theory?

[MV=PY]

"For the First Time, We Have a Detailed Model of the Universe"

Does it have a hockey stick?

[GunRunner]

I can't decide if FreeRepublic is getting more pro-science or less. A few months ago the dominant position on most threads was to defend Ken Ham's 6,000 year old Earth creationism, by a wide margin. Now we're seeing intelligent conversations about the expansion of the universe.

Interesting times.

[Balding_Eagle]

BTTT

[bert]

----it renders the universe as a cube -----

If you find the center of two adjacent sides and then at the mid point insert a plane at right angles to the sides the universe is divided into 4 volumetrically equal quadrants

Each quadrant can be labeled......Α,Β,Γand Δ.

It is believed by many that in the Γ quadrant, there is a worm hole with branchs providing easy and very quick passage to the other 3 quradrants

[minnesota_bound]

Here is the universe. Found at God's Gift Shop.