Is space like a chessboard?

University of California - Los Angeles ^ | March 18, 2011 | Unknown

[blueunicorn6]

“Well, Bobby, let’s see if Mr. Science can answer that question for you. ‘Is space like a chess board?’ What you have there is called an analogy. Is something like something else? In this case, I would say ‘no’. Space is more like a tunafish sandwich. Remember, all you members of The Mister Science Physics Forum are welcome to come and see me at the Harrison Avenue Mall this Saturday from noon to four where I’ll be demonstrating the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Free hot dogs, too!”

[gorush]

Thanks for the links.

[heye2monn]

I thought life was like a box of chocolates, not a chess board.

[martin_fierro]

Heisenberg looks uncertain.

[Moltke]

Schrödinger is missing his cat.

[martin_fierro]

Or not.

[Daffynition]

Oh SNAP!

[Track9]

Would you please add me to your Sting Theory ping list. Thank you.

[Moltke]

By the look on his face I say he is. Or perhaps that’s guilt.

Hehe, great thread.

[SunkenCiv]

At least no one has gone through and added Helen Thomas’ face to each of these.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Graphene would be a lovely name if it’s a girl, and the parents are both Borg.

[decimon]

Graphene would be a lovely name if it’s a girl, and the parents are both Borg.

[gorush]

:{)

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

[Yardstick]

Wow, some serious brainpower gathered together there.

[gorush]

Ain’t it though?

[airborne]

. First isolated in 2004 by Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, graphene has a wealth of extraordinary electronic properties, such as high electron mobility and current capacity. In fact, these properties hold such promise for revolutionary advances that Geim and Novoselov were awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize a mere six years after their achievement.

Big deal! 0bama got his Nobel Prize 2 months into his Presidency, and hadn't (and still hasn't) done anything worthwhile! It still looks like it was for "being elected while black".

(extreme sarcasm)

[Yardstick]

And experiments show that the electron does not have a radius; it is thought to be a pure point particle with no surface or substructure that could possibly spin.

Interesting. I didn't realize electrons were pure point particles. That means they must be indivisible, which means they must be infinitely dense. But density requires volume, which they lack, so maybe not. And yet they are particles so they must have mass. And if their mass is finite and their volume is zero, then we're back to infinite density. But that's not possible is it? Or is it?