A Defect in the Cosmos?

Centauri Dreams ^ | 10/25/07

[BenLurkin]

"You are now a defect in the symmetry"

I hate it when they tell me that.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

bkmarked. Thanks.

[Brilliant]

Since Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, physicists have been pushing the idea of a homogenious universe. These observations seem to contradict it, and yet the physicists cannot bring themselves to admit that the universe is not homogenious.

[RobbyS]

Something tells me a couple of hundred years of continued observation are in order if we are to begin to figure things out.

[airborne]

It’s obviously caused by global warming!

Bush’s fault!

[brownsfan]

Hmmmm. I would tend to think the universe is perfect, that is, as designed. If there is a flaw, I’d be more apt to believe it’s our own flaw in understanding.

I’m just taking into account the Manufacturer.

[Resolute Conservative]

Be careful you’ll raise the ire of the “do you really think God created.. blah blah” crowd.

[jpsb]

"It’s obviously caused by global warming!"

Worse, galactic cooling

[Hegemony Cricket]

[LibWhacker]

LOL!

[LibWhacker]

LOL, those guys are definitely a defect in the cosmos, thanks.

[litehaus]

Dang! Thot I’d burned all them reunion pics....

[SabianKinslow]

I have found that when your data does not reflect what is seen in nature, the defect is not in what you see but in your interpretation of your data. Or the data is faulty. Course to be sure they will need funding to research this for the next 20 years (or until they reach comfortable retirement age).

[linear]

If you think about it, we are all defects in the cosmos; Each one of us deviates from the median in some way.

[mosaicwolf]

Don’t worry..be happy..the universe is a holographic illusion projected by the collective ego. :-)

[SengirV]

You’ll get used to it, trust me.

[fireforeffect]

More importantly it is not standing still.

How fast are we going?

The Earth revolves once a day. Goes around the Sun once a year (more or less). The Sun is orbiting the Milkyway. The Milkyway is orbiting around a common center for a bunch of other galaxies in this cluster. And on top of all that we are moving away from the big bang zero point. Does anyone know how fast we are going?

Maybe all that “dark matter” is on the other side of the universe going away from us. If we are moving away from the center of the universe at 0.51 C and objects on the other side are too, we can not see them. Right?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Since the “whole universe” consisted of only the Milky Way galaxy until 1923, homogeneity of the universe wasn’t a big issue prior to that time. Einstein didn’t have anything to do with these discoveries.

[rightinthemiddle]

A defect? Oh, no. We're doomed!