if the universe really did form spontaneously from nothing, wouldn't that violate the law of conservation of mass and energy?
Wouldn't that be a law that would only apply to the universe once it already exists? E.g., why wouldn't you be able to go faster than the speed of light if time and space don't exist?;-)
*sound of physicists throwing heavy objects at me*
Well yes, if we accept the premise that time and space didn't exist before the Big Bang, it's rather difficult to prove that time and space existed before the Big Bang.
I would assume that it's far less cut-and-dried than "we 'KNOW' that there was no before the Big Bang."
I prefer to take the tack, "If there WASN'T anything at all, we wouldn't be having this conversation, so it kind of doesn't matter."
I have that thought every time somebody starts arguing about how it's so massively unlikely that life would come to exist. Well...it does...so what's your point?
Not that it isn't fun to think about, though. Kind of like time travel:-)
I'm filing this one under "if we mangle these numbers hard enough, they support our hypothesis." I would say that I'd be open to changing my mind if someone explained it to me, but I doubt it's possible for non-physicists to really understand it to begin with.
That sounds almost as fun as that one time there was an article involving the Supreme Court and we spent 90% of the comment section complaining about how they abbreviated SCOTUS to "Supremes."
I'm not sure it would make for a very interesting plot if 7 had tried to shoot them in the back every time a crew member turned around. Granted, she did once, but yeah. There was a reason they removed the nanogadgetrywhatnots.
Yeah, good luck with convincing the people who use a currency specifically because it's not controllable by the government to report said use to said government.
(I'm fairly sure every article that's popped up on/. in the last few years about privilege escalation on Linux has turned out to be "oh, but you had to have already given it permission.")
Oh, I'm sorry...was I supposed to say Mac? Sorry for stealing your thunder.
The misogynists will always have an argument because they're working from an unshakable personal assumption that they are superior because of their gender
And you flawlessly distinguish misogynists from the rest of males who simply have concerns how, with a dowsing rod?
If it's not in our light cone why the fuck should we care about it? By definition there's no way it could ever affect us (although if we're talking event horizons theoretically we could get there, I suppose; we just couldn't get back). Practically speaking it might as well be another universe.
"Geo" = Earth, "centrum" = center, i.e. "Earth is the center of the universe."
Is this geocentrism, or not? I don't see how there's room for debate. Find a different name for NeoPseudoGeoCentrism if it's not actually geocentrism. Or would that make its proponents look "weak-willed" somehow if they admit they're willing to change their mind on anything?
You need to be very careful when chastising any historical figure (be they from religious texts or from history) based on modern day social rules/laws.
I'm not. I'm just pointing out that even back then, they didn't listen to what God told them to do.
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if the universe really did form spontaneously from nothing, wouldn't that violate the law of conservation of mass and energy?
Wouldn't that be a law that would only apply to the universe once it already exists? E.g., why wouldn't you be able to go faster than the speed of light if time and space don't exist? ;-)
*sound of physicists throwing heavy objects at me*
Well yes, if we accept the premise that time and space didn't exist before the Big Bang, it's rather difficult to prove that time and space existed before the Big Bang.
I would assume that it's far less cut-and-dried than "we 'KNOW' that there was no before the Big Bang."
We're waiting for you to tell us why it's a bad analogy. Take your time.
So do we not count "quantum vibrations" or "superstrings" or "magical unicorn farts" as matter?
What other possible enjoyment could we find in life? :-)
Hail Eris.
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I prefer to take the tack, "If there WASN'T anything at all, we wouldn't be having this conversation, so it kind of doesn't matter."
I have that thought every time somebody starts arguing about how it's so massively unlikely that life would come to exist. Well...it does...so what's your point?
Not that it isn't fun to think about, though. Kind of like time travel :-)
When people believe in gods that can't invent wireless camera phones
Yeah, because if it suddenly started raining iPhones in 5 A.D., that totally wouldn't have turned anybody into gibbering lunatics.
What evidence?
I'm filing this one under "if we mangle these numbers hard enough, they support our hypothesis." I would say that I'd be open to changing my mind if someone explained it to me, but I doubt it's possible for non-physicists to really understand it to begin with.
So we can say that the universe always did and always will exist, yet still has a beginning and ending point? Sweet.
*mind blown*
Meh; they're both in Asia ;-)
has turned out to be "oh, but you had to have already given it permission."
Citations please.
That sounds almost as fun as that one time there was an article involving the Supreme Court and we spent 90% of the comment section complaining about how they abbreviated SCOTUS to "Supremes."
I'm not sure it would make for a very interesting plot if 7 had tried to shoot them in the back every time a crew member turned around. Granted, she did once, but yeah. There was a reason they removed the nanogadgetrywhatnots.
"All I know is that I know nothing."
This was the one I was trying to reply to, anyway: http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
Yeah, good luck with convincing the people who use a currency specifically because it's not controllable by the government to report said use to said government.
Linux? :)
(I'm fairly sure every article that's popped up on /. in the last few years about privilege escalation on Linux has turned out to be "oh, but you had to have already given it permission.")
Oh, I'm sorry...was I supposed to say Mac? Sorry for stealing your thunder.
Well, if all your files are already compromised...how much worse can it really get?
Sounds logical to me ;-)
"Symantec(tm): Hey, at least we're not wanted for murder in Bolivia!"
So that means we should keep shoving men in nursing onto the Slashdot frontpage too, right? :)
Black men, mostly.
The misogynists will always have an argument because they're working from an unshakable personal assumption that they are superior because of their gender
And you flawlessly distinguish misogynists from the rest of males who simply have concerns how, with a dowsing rod?
If it's not in our light cone why the fuck should we care about it? By definition there's no way it could ever affect us (although if we're talking event horizons theoretically we could get there, I suppose; we just couldn't get back). Practically speaking it might as well be another universe.
"Geo" = Earth, "centrum" = center, i.e. "Earth is the center of the universe."
Is this geocentrism, or not? I don't see how there's room for debate. Find a different name for NeoPseudoGeoCentrism if it's not actually geocentrism. Or would that make its proponents look "weak-willed" somehow if they admit they're willing to change their mind on anything?
You need to be very careful when chastising any historical figure (be they from religious texts or from history) based on modern day social rules/laws.
I'm not. I'm just pointing out that even back then, they didn't listen to what God told them to do.