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Exotic black holes spawn new universal law
New Scientist ^ | 3/23/05 | Jenny Hogan

Posted on 03/23/2005 4:43:32 PM PST by LibWhacker

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1 posted on 03/23/2005 4:43:33 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

you just gotta love this stuff...

everyday is humbling experience when you truly realize how little we know and how insignificant we really are...

Thanks for the post...cool info.


2 posted on 03/23/2005 4:47:27 PM PST by surfer
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"The final word will come from the experimentalists," Son says.

About time we get some respect. I buy and use silly string at parties,home and the workplace to test my own string theory. Black holes come in handy when you just need a place to get away from it all and chill out.

3 posted on 03/23/2005 4:47:39 PM PST by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
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To: LibWhacker

Jesus God, I wish I were smart. Being able to understand this kind of thing sure looks fun. (NOT sarcasm.)


4 posted on 03/23/2005 4:49:23 PM PST by Starve The Beast (I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused)
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To: LibWhacker
My brain is already full halfway through the post. I'd better go check out a Michael Jackson trial thread and empty it some...
5 posted on 03/23/2005 4:50:22 PM PST by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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I'd just be happy to understand "10-dimensional space" right now.


6 posted on 03/23/2005 4:51:17 PM PST by SIDENET (on station)
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To: Starve The Beast

Sometimes I think God set up the universe to be as counterintuitive as possible . . . Hey, maybe that should be the new universal law! ;-)


7 posted on 03/23/2005 4:51:39 PM PST by LibWhacker
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oop's, I misread the title, thought this was a racist post here.......lol


8 posted on 03/23/2005 5:01:12 PM PST by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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"I'd just be happy to understand "10-dimensional space" right now."
Oh, it's all very simple. Each time you read or hear "the check is in the mail", the check actually is in some of those extra dimensions. From your own experience you must know that getting it out of there takes significant effort and is fraught with uncertainty.
9 posted on 03/23/2005 5:02:05 PM PST by GSlob
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a racist post by the East St Louis Times


10 posted on 03/23/2005 5:17:46 PM PST by Mrs. Shawnlaw (Sheep drool, Goats rule!)
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To: sure_fine

a racist post by the East St Louis Times


11 posted on 03/23/2005 5:18:29 PM PST by Mrs. Shawnlaw (Sheep drool, Goats rule!)
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oh cr## me so sorry for the double post!!!!


12 posted on 03/23/2005 5:19:15 PM PST by Mrs. Shawnlaw (Sheep drool, Goats rule!)
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To: LibWhacker

"The final word will come from the experimentalists," Son says.

It always does.


13 posted on 03/23/2005 5:21:12 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: LibWhacker

It's actually a fascinating article. These math types contracted a tensor and went "holy crap, that looks just like mu...".


14 posted on 03/23/2005 5:36:51 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: LibWhacker
Sometimes I think God set up the universe to be as counterintuitive as possible . . . Hey, maybe that should be the new universal law! ;-)

J.B.S. Haldane already beat you to it by several decades. Haldane's Law: "The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we *can* imagine."

(Actually, being both Scottish and born in the 1800's, he actually used the phrase "queerer than we suppose", but due to shifting slang terms, the language in his quote is often updated so as to avoid unnecessary confusion or hilarity.)

15 posted on 03/23/2005 5:38:58 PM PST by Ichneumon
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Yeah, but then the theorists tell the experimenters what
the experimenters "really" saw...

I don't like mathematical equations and their derivations
telling me what is "real" or not.... Isn't mathematics
derived from the "mind"?,...or are there physical numbers,
or arithmetical or mathematical operators out there in
space? Has anyone seen a physical "quadratic" equation?
How about a "physical" probability equation?. Have we seen
electron probability "clouds" around atoms, or our viewing techniques too
slow to catch the electron at any one position???

Anyway, my heads already hurting (I think, or rather, I think
I think,..or rather...oh, forget it)


16 posted on 03/23/2005 5:39:41 PM PST by Getready ((...Fear not ...))
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Fluid or liquid? Perfect fluid? A perfect gas obeys the pv = RT state equation. I suppose that means the specific heat capacity is well behaved over a range of temperatures, which determines what R is for that gas.


17 posted on 03/23/2005 5:43:54 PM PST by RightWhale (Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
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Has anyone seen a physical "quadratic" equation? How about a "physical" probability equation?

Well, some people claim they've seen shimmering vectors. :-)

18 posted on 03/23/2005 5:50:09 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Ichneumon
. . . the language in his quote is often updated . . .

And I thank God it is! :-)

19 posted on 03/23/2005 5:51:33 PM PST by LibWhacker
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oh cr## me so sorry for the double post!!!!

what is worse, to double post, or to apoligize for the double post? (Or, to be a smart a$$ and create yet another useless post about the same mistake) Okay, how many dimensions am I in now?

20 posted on 03/23/2005 6:00:00 PM PST by JTHomes
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