Recent content by Excalibur

Wow! I think therefore I am a universe? I shall wait till the science fiction writers catch up with this concept and explain it in terms I can understand.

Thanks folks for doing the hard maths part! Wonder if I could turn my garden into an educational golf putting green with the holes marked with planets names? Keep the kids interested in space!

What are the sizes of model planets and the distances between them in a 50 metre garden? Is it even possible to model this without fudging the sizes? Would like to use stuff at hand such as tennis balls pea sized marbles pin heads or footballs.

Quantum Entanglement is the concept that leads to the “spooky action at a distance” that was dismissed by Einstein . If all the particles in the universe were entangled right at the start of the universe then they all could still have an effect on every other particle in the universe. This...

It is existence that is under discussion. Wingedhippos do not exist and are irrational ,yet the name , the label, the concept of one appears on this forum. Whether or not white holes etc exist we can discuss the concept.

The British tax system is irrational , it exists. The British language is irrational, it exists. Assessment of the leg of an elephant is not the only thing we can do to discover what we are standing next to in the old story. We can ask other folk what they find out about the creature they are...

It’s great that we can think and try and puzzle out the start and direction of the “ system” we inhabit! Keep the theories coming and others can try and gather experimental evidence to prove or disprove the theories. Enjoy the puzzle!

Stormshear. Because it is in an Iain M Banks novel called “ TheAlgebraist “, and all of his space ship names are wonderful , but this one appealed to the battle lust in my dark side as opposed to the civilised funny ones on many of his stories.

The inflation part of the origin of our universe has always been a hard thing to explain. The concept that a small point suddenly increased to a huge size in very very little time is hard to understand. Perhaps it was not a point expanding into our empty space but a whole universe sized...

Ordinary bird watching type of binoculars are useful to just grab and look at the night sky through. What are the three best telescopes for an amateurish astronomer to set up and use?

There will still be “Time” , so let’s enjoy our present ration of it !

If objects dent space time and larger objects dent it even more which is why we orbit the sun , then the mass of the objects in the universe must “dent” the universe . It must look like a flat sheet of bubble wrap after the kids have unwrapped their presents!

Good point. We should also look for such beacons in case we are not the only intelligent life that the universe has spawned!

Thank you! Spread copies of our knowledge to many places in many moons seems to be the best bet for something of us surviving . Glad we keep on finding more and more moons!

We store information and plant seeds etc etc in various places on Earth in case of catastrophes. As we know all our eggs are in one basket , the planet we live on. Where else can a stable , safe , accessible place be found off Earth?