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- jsd8cc, on 07/21/2008, -3/+119First of all, the theory discusses dark energy, not dark matter. These are two different things.
Secondly, this article explains the theory MUCH better: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/2008/07/are ... - fluidfoundation, on 07/21/2008, -2/+69"...just...re-... -member that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour...." - smashfest, on 07/22/2008, -1/+41Stuff like this makes me sad to think that I won't be around when we finally figure it out. If we ever do.
- samoan27, on 07/21/2008, -1/+31"...it's orbiting at 90 miles a second, so it's reckoned, a sun that is the source or all our pow'r..."
- AmyVernon, on 07/21/2008, -5/+32love these theories... fascinating..
- ParanoydAndroid, on 07/21/2008, -6/+32It's very cool to read up on new theories, but the whole point of the copernican theory (and the larger mathematical theories dealing with symmetry) is that we are not special. Just the whole idea that in this vast universe the one region we happen to be in just happens to be different is a very suspect hypthesis right from the start.
On top of that, if it's true it would invalidate a lot of "set" science and systemically limit our understanding of the universe around and beyond us, and that's a pretty depressing thought to me. - raober, on 07/22/2008, -1/+22"Our galaxy itself contains 100,000,000,000 stars,
It's 100,000 light years side to side,
It bulges in the middle, 16,000 light years thick,
But out by us it's just 3,000 lights years wide.
We're 30,000 light years from galactic central point,
We go round every 200,000,000 years.
And our galaxy is one millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe!"
Going from memory here, sorry if there are errors. Actually used this verse on my basic astronomy final back in school...question was something like "Describe our galaxy (size, number of stars, our location, etc.)" and it was just perfect. - samoan27, on 07/21/2008, -0/+20While it's true that the scientific method calls for all situations to be assumed as nothing special, the Copernican method of thought can prevent us from "seeing the trees for the thickness of the forest".
This exact argument was originally used to dismiss the theory that an asteroid could have caused the dinosaurs extinction because no one liked the idea of a singular cataclysmic event throwing off what should be (in their minds) a smoothly and slowly changing global environment, even though there was plenty of evidence that such an event could take place.
Well we have the same evidence, every galaxy has outlying star clusters, and there are countless billions or stars between galaxies in these very observable voids. To insist we can't be in a void despite substantial evidence that such is possible (albeit unlikely) isn't safe science. - inactive, on 07/22/2008, -1/+19well it sure beats trying to understand the xkcd from digg today..
- inactive, on 07/22/2008, -1/+18"The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day" - Sairynn, on 07/22/2008, -4/+21So that's how Ben moved the island...
- malex, on 07/22/2008, -0/+17Can I buy some pot from you?
- Murdats, on 07/22/2008, -0/+16then you are getting into a debate about the nature of reality, something science doesnt even attempt to touch because it is by its very nature unprovable, science makes the sole assumption that reality is real and works from there.
- wunksta, on 07/22/2008, -1/+16"..In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way'." - positron, on 07/22/2008, -0/+14"There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened." --Douglas Adams
- phillykid162, on 07/22/2008, -0/+11I'll drink to that m8
- DeathJux, on 07/22/2008, -0/+11Drugs.
- helipilot, on 07/22/2008, -5/+15Do not try to bend the spoon; that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon.
- RandomGorilla, on 07/22/2008, -1/+11If the universe was in MY mind, I'd be getting laid a LOT more often than I do now. Also, more things would taste like apples.
- imarketing, on 07/22/2008, -5/+15It never ceases to amaze me how humans can be such narcissists. Great article bdw
- inactive, on 07/22/2008, -3/+12Might it be because we're the only intelligent beings we've ever known?
- connieLingus, on 07/22/2008, -2/+11maybe but according to this Oxford paper we are almost positively living in a computer simulation...
http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html
so we are in a void within a simulation...totally cool and maybe entire tiny universes are contained in my fingernails. - davidbeile, on 07/22/2008, -0/+9Mental retardation.
- malex, on 07/22/2008, -2/+10Only if you imagine REALLY hard...
- batshitcrazy, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8it's entirely possible to make your point without an introductory elitist generalization
- denizen42, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8Brain infection.
- dvsbastard, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcTHBOjnUss
- doom777, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8... this is a spacestation!
- garvallagh, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8Its also possible he hid us out here because he was embarrased of us
- davidbeile, on 07/22/2008, -0/+7Care if I join?
- davidbeile, on 07/22/2008, -1/+7Excuse me, gentlemen, but writing in all caps is counterproductive to making any realistic point.
- BoneheadFarker, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6Good drugs.
- inactive, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6This is no theory.
- norman619, on 07/22/2008, -2/+8Wow! Finally someone using their head and thinking outside the box. "Dark Matter" is a theoretical construct they came up with to fill a gaping hole in the current standard model. There is zero proof it exists in the real world and it's about time they start looking at alternatives to dark matter to fix the problems with the standard model and they should consider the possibility they may need to crap it and start over.
- xman00, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6This article makes me want to sit back, have a beer, and just enjoy life in this amazing universe.
- FaTPonY, on 07/22/2008, -0/+5I've tried to find the humour in xkcd so many time, and I just can't...
- Niightwitch, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6The original theory that we were "special" was suspect only because it was based on a religious belief that God had placed us in a special part of the universe because we were a special part of his Creation. This isn't talking about that kind of special....it's saying we may be blind because we're in a void and we can't perceive the universe the way it may truly be.
- TrevorBradley, on 07/22/2008, -2/+7My theory: The dark matter is all Dyson Spheres.
Yea, not realistic, I know... - xeomage, on 07/22/2008, -0/+5Relative to what? ^_°
- Skurj, on 07/22/2008, -2/+6Dark Matter... Luminiferous Aether... whatever.
- dvsbastard, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4You needed an article about dark energy to make you want to sit back, have a beer, and just enjoy life in this amazing universe?!
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4Yes because if he makes a planet made of snacks, I'm so going to eat it when he's not looking.
- inactive, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3dark energy might not be necessary at all, even without changing much
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2007/12/21/ ... - MacSuxWindozSux, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3Did you guys just bury each other?
- Infidelephant, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3We may be "very new" - but we are also "very bright."
You can choose to muddle through pessimistic, guilt ridden, self-loathing if you wish. Personally, I prefer thinking of Humanity as "absolutely incredible" - and capable of practically anything it sets its mind to.
It's NOT arrogance - its confidence.
Long Live Carl Sagan! - PawnsOfJoshua, on 07/22/2008, -1/+4One of the greatest evidences of a supernatural being, to me, is what I refer to as the discovery paradox: every piece of scientific knowledge that is revealed to us only brings to light multiple new questions that must be answered, so that the more you discover, the more you must discover, and the further away from the singular universal truth you become. Point being - we will *never* figure it out, we will only become progressively more confused.
- Jarasmen, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3Careful, he might bite.
- SirVizor, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3I think what the article was saying is that there are areas in space that are "voids" and that we happen to be in one of those voids. I don't think the article was implying that there is only one void in the Universe and we happen to be in it.
- jmoh, on 07/22/2008, -2/+5This is Sparta!
- Niightwitch, on 07/22/2008, -1/+4It may be because although we are small, we think we are close to knowing the secrets of the Universe. It might be because we are egotistical fools and blind men.
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