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The Universe as We Understand It May Be Impossible
The Atlantic ^
| Natalie Wolchover and Quanta Magazine
Posted on 10/27/2022 1:59:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
If the universe is impossible as we understand it, perhaps we need to change our understanding of it.
As Mattias Desmet said, "science adapts its theories to reality, but ideology adapts reality to its theories."
Must be time to rethink our theories.
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:04:12 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Our government is like a bunch of fleas discussing how they are going to manage their dog.)
To: nickcarraway
If the conjecture is correct, Wrase and other string theorists immediately realized, the cosmos must either be profoundly different than previously supposed or string theory must be wrong. In fact all three could be true.
The conjecture could be false, the cosmos could be very different then we suppose and string theory could be wrong.
Considering all of this is what science is actually is all about.
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:04:29 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
To: nickcarraway
Deut. 29:29: The secret things belong to God...
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:06:50 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: nickcarraway
They tie themselves into pretzels to deny God.
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:09:45 PM PDT
by
fwdude
(Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
To: Fungi
I don’t think that was intended to be Gnostic.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:10:56 PM PDT
by
Az Joe
(Biden & ChiComs are the enemy, not Putin.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Considering all of this is what science is actually is all about. I thought The Hokey Pokey was what it's all about.
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:10:58 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:12:22 PM PDT
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: nickcarraway
This is where “Impossible Burgers” come from.
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:13:24 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: nickcarraway
That’s OK, we’ve got the climate all figured out.
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:15:44 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
To: nickcarraway
Check in with God, he made the place. Universe as we know of it, sure as hell isn’t some random event, that popped out of nowhere.
Where did all the Hydrogen come from?
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:16:34 PM PDT
by
rellic
I believe the answer is 42
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:17:54 PM PDT
by
pricilla
(one should always try to be smarter than the equipment one is operating - Amajato)
To: pricilla
So Long and Thanks For All The Fish!
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:18:32 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
Right answer. Wrong universe.
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:19:04 PM PDT
by
JusPasenThru
(Broken hearts are for…well…you know…)
To: nickcarraway
You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back.
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:19:55 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
What they call "impossible" means they don't know how to interpret the results at present.
One of the first crises of this sort was when the Pythagoreans realized that the the square root of 2 is irrational. It was so earthshaking that this finding was kept hidden and secret for many years. Today, irrational numbers are not a bother.
Another "impossible" situation was the square root of -1. Today we have an interpretation of that, and all electrical engineers are quite comfortable using the square root of -1, as part of an "imaginary number". In reality these numbers are not "imaginary" at all, but offer a way of describing the reality of electrical circuits.
I'm sure that someday the "string theorists" will find a plausible interpretation of their results.
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:21:26 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: nickcarraway
How do they know it is smooth and flat?
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:22:31 PM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: seowulf
If something has absolutely no effect on anything, then in what sense does it exist, as far as anything else is concerned? The matter seems intuitive to me.
To: nickcarraway
Or possibly, just possibly, they are wrong
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posted on
10/27/2022 2:24:46 PM PDT
by
BRL
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