It's just human nature, like seeing shapes in the clouds. I find that when you talk to people about science immediately downplaying something they find interesting is a real good way to kill their interest.what meaning, if any, is there supposed to be in this?
rotating magnetic torusWhat is the connection between the torus and the atom?
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Infinite regression is possible.OMG, you just blew my mind! I guess the idea hovered around the edge of my mind but never became fully realized. Also, that raises the possibility of the universe being part of an atom and our universe making up untold numbers of other universes in a never-ending loop.
Keep stretching the mind, VPE. Just remember though, find confirmations in seemingly differing things as you go. What you think to be a possibility that cannot possibly be tested or otherwise confirmed in itself, will be represented locally, relatively speaking, in seemingly -- just seemingly -- unrelated areas. That or something that is always taken for granted, thought too local and too common to scale up (though it will be quite proper to be very leery of doing this last (rivals "History always repeats in large aspect, though never -- well almost never -- in fine detail(s))).Infinite regression is possible.
If something is possible then?
Why not a galaxy of universes itself just 1 galaxy in that universe etc.
An atom an entire universe.
Endless energy needs for the tiny regression seems unlikely but energy needs for the big bigger etc break no E laws.
Any kind of structure is usually formed from some kind of starting point and takes the materials available and combines them according to a set of rules such as when an ice crystal forms. It doesn't all form at once it takes time and to become infinite in size it would need an infinite amount of time, but before that, it would have hit and interacted with something else.Infinite regression is possible.
If something is possible then?
Why not a galaxy of universes itself just 1 galaxy in that universe etc.
An atom an entire universe.
Endless energy needs for the tiny regression seems unlikely but energy needs for the big bigger etc break no E laws.
If time even exists and a universe can start from nothing then they are both boundless and timeless.Any kind of structure is usually formed from some kind of starting point and takes the materials available and combines them according to a set of rules such as when an ice crystal forms. It doesn't all form at once it takes time and to become infinite in size it would need an infinite amount of time, but before that, it would have hit and interacted with something else.
If space is infinite and full of an infinite number of other big bangs, then any kind of grouping or clustering will come to an end either because of a lack of more materials to combine with or collision with neighbouring material trying to do the same. In other words, I don't think you can have a one-off infinite structure (for example the infinite regression you are proposing), at some point things must average out, so over an infinite amount of space everything will on average be just that - average.
Sorry but I think it's as boring as that, so instead of trying to find another big bang just appreciate the one wev'e got, because all the others are probably similar if the laws of physics are universal.
Always fun to think out of the boxKeep stretching the mind, VPE. Just remember though, find confirmations in seemingly differing things as you go. What you think to be a possibility that cannot possibly be tested or otherwise confirmed in itself, will be represented locally, relatively speaking, in seemingly -- just seemingly -- unrelated areas. That or something that is always taken for granted, thought too local and too common to scale up (though it will be quite proper to be very leery of doing this last (rivals "History always repeats in large aspect, though never -- well almost never -- in fine detail(s))).
I believe he is referring to their interactive properties and not their individual atomic makeup. Right, the Solar System and atoms are two different things, but the function and processes within the space between those similar objects is identical, or that's what I've been led to believe. Some guy's theory.This ought to explain what's going on in an atom:
Why do electrons not fall into the nucleus?
The picture of electrons "orbiting" the nucleus like planets around the sun remains an enduring one, not only in popular images of the atom but also in the minds of many of us who know …chem.libretexts.org
The solar system and the atom are two different things.
nice nameOMG, you just blew my mind! I guess the idea hovered around the edge of my mind but never became fully realized. Also, that raises the possibility of the universe being part of an atom and our universe making up untold numbers of other universes in a never-ending loop.
No. They are not.