Researchers account for some of the lithium missing from our universe

Phys.org ^ | 7/01/2021 | by University of Tokyo

[LibWhacker]

Question: Want to know how the most advanced civilizations in the universe do what they do? Answer: Observe what element they horde and covet the most. It's not gold. It might very well be lithium. And they're busy snatching it all up. Therefore, BUY LITHIUM! When mankind discovers its secret properties, you'll make a fortune! ;-)

[GraceG]

It’s in Brittany Spears medicine cabinet????

[rightwingcrazy]

I knew it had to be somewhere...

[LegendHasIt]

Elon Musk bought it.
(Probably with a government grant)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I found it!

[cgbg]

there is a gap in our knowledge about the formation of the early universe.

It looks like Terence McKenna nailed it:

We are asked by science to believe that the entire universe sprang from nothingness, at a single point and for no discernible reason. This notion is the limit case for credulity. In other words, if you can believe this, you can believe anything.

[rktman]

Uh, UFOs. Hello! Sheesh. Illegal aliens. :-}

[nickcarraway]

I know some people who could use it.

[fruser1]

Lithium - the lost dryer-sock of the universe.

[Scaramouch]

NOBODY LEAVES THIS UNIVERSE UNTIL WE FIND THAT LITHIUM!

[cpdiii]

I hate you. You posted what i would. However i would have included nancy pelosi and my ex wife. Ex was a biotch but an angel compared to nancy and aoc etc

[tet68]

However, even though the accepted models of BBN predict the relative amounts of all elements involved in BBN with extreme accuracy, the expected amount of lithium-7 is around three times greater than what is actually observed.

This is what passes for extreme accuracy?
Well, except for that lithium thing and maybe one or two
other things that we don’t even know about yet.

[BipolarBob]

Dilithium crystals are used in warp drives for acceleration of space ships. Just something to note.

[wally_bert]

Not in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills under somebody else’s name?

[I want the USA back]

Nothing is missing. Humans don’t know enough about it and think their silly theories and equations are the final answer. Then they don’t understand it when their silly theories don’t adequately explain what is observed in the Universe.

[TigersEye]

Aw, geez, not another lockdown!

[PIF]

Question: Want to know how the most advanced civilizations in the universe do what they do? Answer: Observe what element they horde and covet the most.

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Actually, they manufacture whatever element they require in quantity, so there is no need to hoard anything. Power comes from the grid underlying the Universe free.

When they arrive, they will laugh at your puny attempts to master simple things like manufacturing elements, having instead to hoard worthless piles on a false promise.

What they covert most, you already have, if you can keep it: freedom.

[SuperLuminal]

"This means there is a gap in our knowledge about the formation of the early universe."

Well...DUH!
To be a recognized astrophysicist, one needs to be an expert at darts...

I learned that when my graduate advisor was screwed out of having a major newly discovered belt around the planet named (correctly) after him when, after speaking in confidence to an acquaintance, the acquaintance threw a dart and won fame and glory...

[bunkerhill7]

Hunter stole it and sold it to Ukraine.

[PIF]

NOBODY LEAVES THIS UNIVERSE UNTIL WE FIND THAT LITHIUM!

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The Xeelee are already leaving ...