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Post by John Marston on Nov 28, 2021 15:08:26 GMT
You're pretty spot in with that. Time is just a relative idea. Coming to the highlighted part, that's probably the end of the Universe. The Universe expands so much that enough matter can't come together to make new stars and also since the universe in continously cooling, it will reach the absolute zero (0 Kelvin/-273.15 Celsius), the point at which atoms and molecules don't posses enough energy to move. This is the part where i start steering the subject into metaphysics and philosophy along with the implications of what energy is and how the nature of the universe is, but i'll leave that for another day . What bothered me more about time was the question the philosopher Leibniz asked: why is there something rather than nothing? This isn't about facts anymore, so i'll just give some random fact to avoid derailing the subject: honey is immune to spoilage provided you don't change its ph level. Sorry for the double quoting, but I think Leibnitz probably meant it in the context of our early universe, where initially, there was equal amounts of matter and anti matter, but due to some unknown causes, at one point, there was a slight imbalance, so minute that there was one extra matter particle per billion particles, compared to only a billion anti matter particles. The causes as to why are still unknown. If that was the case, then the universe should consist only of energy rather than particles, but it has matter. It is really mind blowing that potentially how much matter was destroyed and even though very little of that survived, it has expanded into this STILL HUGE THING known as the Universe.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 15:17:29 GMT
This is the part where i start steering the subject into metaphysics and philosophy along with the implications of what energy is and how the nature of the universe is, but i'll leave that for another day . What bothered me more about time was the question the philosopher Leibniz asked: why is there something rather than nothing? This isn't about facts anymore, so i'll just give some random fact to avoid derailing the subject: honey is immune to spoilage provided you don't change its ph level. Go ahead with your rant here - european-war-4.boards.net/thread/16643/time-travelLeibnitz quote is extremely disturbing *Sighs**He has probably crossed the limits of depression * Also, I think even Water also can't be 'spoiled'? I might be wrong. I won't say disturbing, at least to me. I find it more liberating more than anything. Tbf, the only conclusion i came up with is that it's because something always existed. The concept of absolute nothing is just impossible ( you can't even imagine what absolute nothing is), so something must hav always existed. But that contradicts the big bang. I've thought about it, but does it really? Is the physical universe THE universe, or is it just that, the physical aspect to it. That's why i started reading more on philosophy and mathematical theories( although my small brain couldn't completely grasp math in a way i could say i truly understand it, damn you pure logic). That also made me quite skeptical about the heat death of the universe,as it presupposes that the universe has a fixed amount of energy within, without asking why would there be a fixed amount,rather than infinite? Is there any proof why that would be the case, rather than the less logically complex conclusion of infinite? I also find it quite entertaining, the fact that matter and energy becomes indistinguishable in the planck scale. These thoughts made me quite disillusioned in my old belief that science would deliver us the truth about the universe. That's why i turned to rationalism and math. Science is still useful thanks to it's logical approach to understanding the physical universe, but it's focus in empirical evidence rather than pure reason is making me believe that there will be indeed, another paradigm clash. Maybe not in our lifetime, but it certainly will happen. Made me appreciate ancient thinkers like Pythagoras and the string theory. One of the things that also changed my mind,funnily enough,was music. How a bunch of random notes organized in a way could make a human being cry. Anyway, rant over. I just also want to mention another fact: in 4 billion years, the sun will turn into a red giant that would consume the earth. We're basically on a timer . 4 billion years is a long time tho.
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Post by John Marston on Nov 28, 2021 15:41:55 GMT
I won't say disturbing, at least to me. I find it more liberating more than anything. Tbf, the only conclusion i came up with is that it's because something always existed. The concept of absolute nothing is just impossible ( you can't even imagine what absolute nothing is), so something must hav always existed. But that contradicts the big bang. I've thought about it, but does it really? Is the physical universe THE universe, or is it just that, the physical aspect to it. That's why i started reading more on philosophy and mathematical theories( although my small brain couldn't completely grasp math in a way i could say i truly understand it, damn you pure logic). That also made me quite skeptical about the heat death of the universe,as it presupposes that the universe has a fixed amount of energy within, without asking why would there be a fixed amount,rather than infinite? Is there any proof why that would be the case, rather than the less logically complex conclusion of infinite? I also find it quite entertaining, the fact that matter and energy becomes indistinguishable in the planck scale. These thoughts made me quite disillusioned in my old belief that science would deliver us the truth about the universe. That's why i turned to rationalism and math. Science is still useful thanks to it's logical approach to understanding the physical universe, but it's focus in empirical evidence rather than pure reason is making me believe that there will be indeed, another paradigm clash. Maybe not in our lifetime, but it certainly will happen. Made me appreciate ancient thinkers like Pythagoras and the string theory. One of the things that also changed my mind,funnily enough,was music. How a bunch of random notes organized in a way could make a human being cry. Anyway, rant over. I just also want to mention another fact: in 4 billion years, the sun will turn into a red giant that would consume the earth. We're basically on a timer . 4 billion years is a long time tho. Mmm...looks like I'm following your footsteps, except that I'm more optimistic on Science
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Post by 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘺 on Nov 28, 2021 15:42:19 GMT
Great posts !
A word. To ask Why ? is the most problematic question you can ask.
How ? Is what is important and helps understanding.
This is for Physics, Social and everything in life ! A Why? can't be never correctly answered this is a logical trap.
And: C'è sempre un perché. (There are alwayas (thousands) reason/excuse)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2021 0:46:28 GMT
Great posts ! A word. To ask Why ?is the most problematic question you can ask. How ? Is what is important and helps understanding. This is for Physics, Social and everything in life ! A Why? can't be never correctly answered this is a logical trap. And: Che sempre un perché. (There are alwayas (thousands) reason/excuse) Yup. That said, everything in the universe has an explanation,and can be explained using logic( and by extension,math). Math might actually be more consistent due to the limitations of logic being restricted to our language, but then again, what's the difference? I'm still surprised people say logic could not explain the universe. If one part of logic is wrong, then all of logic is wrong. If the universe does not operate using logic, then logic would not be useful. But it's apparent that our universe is a mathematical one, since mathematics and logic work. That's why it baffles me how people dismiss math as something insignificant when our very existence is a mathematical one. Trust me, i ain't no math savant or a mathematician really, but it definitely is something the intellectual community should put more effort studying. At times, I'm convinced that even if we could create a super computer that is able to solve everything about the universe, we(that includes the scientists) would miss it thanks to our perception that always lead to flawed conclusions. Observations are useful as it shortcuts the tedious process of collecting relevant information. If we used pure logic, it would take much longer to come up with a conclusion as we need to make sure the premises are right and the flow of logic is right for the conclusions to be right. But that's what super computers are there for. That's what made me conclude that science isn't a purely rational system, as even tho it uses a lot of math to verify it's claims, it's like they see math as this ominous, abstract thing rather than something concrete and pretty much the basis of our existence. There's actually an article on the unreasonable effectiveness of math,on how math somehow can predict the motion not of just known planets, but unknown ones. And for some reason, i just find that really funny. I see science as the middle man to math really. Ah man, i spoke again about these topics again. I usually only talk about these with friends,. I dunno, here's another fact: troodon was the smartest dinosaur,and if it managed to survive and evolve for a few million years, they would have been the dominant beings thanks to their intelligence. Makes you wonder on what would have been if humas got wiped out rather than thriving.
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Dec 1, 2021 15:06:03 GMT
Post by ɪʟʟʏᴀꜱᴠɪᴇʟ ᴠᴏɴ ᴇɪɴᴢʙᴇʀɴ on Dec 1, 2021 15:06:03 GMT
As shown in the Christmas Story where Flick gets his tongue stuck to the pole, this is not a myth, It is scientifically proven that you could get your tongue stuck to a cold piece of metal.
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Dec 1, 2021 15:14:11 GMT
As shown in the Christmas Story where Flick gets his tongue stuck to the pole, this is not a myth, It is scientifically proven that you could get your tongue stuck to a cold piece of metal. Minnesota and Alaska boy faxs.
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Dec 1, 2021 16:57:23 GMT
As shown in the Christmas Story where Flick gets his tongue stuck to the pole, this is not a myth, It is scientifically proven that you could get your tongue stuck to a cold piece of metal. And I know many who have.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2021 17:35:34 GMT
Things You Might Not Know About The Star Trek Franchise 25. Nichelle Nichols Originally Quit After The First Season Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant Uhura) left her post on the U.S.S. Enterprise after the first season of Star Trek ended. Although Nichols’s role on the show is credited as the first black female character on television that wasn’t a stereotype, the actress wanted to leave to pursue a career as a Broadway singer. Fortunately, she was convinced to stay by none other than Martin Luther King. As Nichols revealed in a 2015 Reddit AMA, King basically told her that she had become a symbol for the black community and that if she left, the show’s producers would just replace her with a blonde, white actress. It looks like everything worked out for the best, as Nichols admits that she still “got to do a lot of singing after the series ended.” 24. Star Trek Featured The First Interracial Kiss On US Television 23. An Episode of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Was Banned In Ireland 22. Ship Facts The USS Enterprise owes its registry number NCC-1701 to Matt Jeffries, the art director for Star Trek: The Original Series, who was inspired by his service as a bomber pilot during WWII. “NCC” refers to twentieth-century aircraft registration codes, with the “N” representing an aircraft registered in the United States and the first “C” representing a civil aircraft (Jeffries added the second “C” because he thought it looked “neat”). In the Star Trek universe, NCC stands for Naval Construct Contract, while USS is United State Ship. Jeffries’ reasoning behind the NCC designation was that in the future, any major space projects would likely be a combined international effort. As for the number 1701, it was chosen for two reasons: the first (01) ship of a 17th federation cruiser design, and the fact that the digits were unlikely to be misread like a 6 or 9. 21. Vulcan Anatomy 20. to 8. left out 7. Uhura’s First Name Wasn’t Revealed On Screen Until Star Trek (2009) 6. to 2. left out 1. Shatner Was A Menace It’s not exactly a startling revelation that William Shatner was a hard man to work with on the Star Trek set, but you may not know the specifics of why he was a bit of a nightmare to work with. Shatner has basically alienated every actor he worked with on the show, especially George Takei (Sulu). Shatner would frequently poach Takei’s lines and demand that Sulu’s screen time be cut down in favor of focusing more on himself and Leonard Nimoy’s Spock. He also managed to work a clause into his contract that ensured that he always had the most lines and that his name would be 10% bigger than anyone else’s in the opening credits. Oh, and Shatner has gone on record admitting that he’s never watched a single episode of the series … or anything he’s ever made, for that matter. A truly inspiring captain, indeed. Star Trek has consistently been one of the most innovative and inspiring properties in science-fiction for more than 50 years now. but i like picard better than kirk lol
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Post by 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘺 on Dec 1, 2021 19:11:50 GMT
As shown in the Christmas Story where Flick gets his tongue stuck to the pole, this is not a myth, It is scientifically proven that you could get your tongue stuck to a cold piece of metal. And I know many who have. Oh yes - me too, poor people who get panic. It has actually not to be bitter cold. -5° C on massive metal can be enough to be stitched for a while. ... or icecubes out of a freezer ... You don't need continental winter clima.
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Post by 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘺 on Dec 2, 2021 13:22:27 GMT
Every Froot Loop tastes the same. The color doesn't matter.
Neutrinos, have three or probable four, different tastes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2021 14:40:06 GMT
Rabies is the virus with the highest mortality rate of 99.99% when untreated. It is technically considered 100% as even tho some have survived, most got the lesser virulent strain and they had anti-bodies,and only 2 managed to actually survive and live on, while all others died eventually or became brain dead. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(which includes Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, Kuru, Fatal insomnia, etc.) meanwhile, has the highest mortality rate of any disease at 100% and is currently incurable. I suggest you request morphine-induced suicide if you are still somehow conscious with these diseases.
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Dec 2, 2021 15:22:23 GMT
Rabies is the virus with the highest mortality rate of 99.99% when untreated. It is technically considered 100% as even tho some have survived, most got the lesser virulent strain and they had anti-bodies,and only 2 managed to actually survive and live on, while all others died eventually or became brain dead. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(which includes Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, Kuru, Fatal insomnia, etc.) meanwhile, has the highest mortality rate of any disease at 100% and is currently incurable. I suggest you request morphine-induced suicide if you are still somehow conscious with these diseases. I read that the only reported case of survival of untreated Rabies was a girl in an American research and it's unclear did he really have rabies or some other similar virus. Also, I think it's kind of weird to think of mortality rates of chronic diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob or Alzheimer, because you usually get them at old age and you would die anyways so it's more a matter of how soon will you die. Also, pancreas cancer is on average the deadliest type of cancer. Of course pancreas cancer is not a disease, but a variety of many.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2021 15:38:09 GMT
Rabies is the virus with the highest mortality rate of 99.99% when untreated. It is technically considered 100% as even tho some have survived, most got the lesser virulent strain and they had anti-bodies,and only 2 managed to actually survive and live on, while all others died eventually or became brain dead. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(which includes Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, Kuru, Fatal insomnia, etc.) meanwhile, has the highest mortality rate of any disease at 100% and is currently incurable. I suggest you request morphine-induced suicide if you are still somehow conscious with these diseases. I read that the only reported case of survival of untreated Rabies was a girl in an American research and it's unclear did he really have rabies or some other similar virus. Also, I think it's kind of weird to think of mortality rates of chronic diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob or Alzheimer, because you usually get them at old age and you would die anyways so it's more a matter of how soon will you die. Also, pancreas cancer is on average the deadliest type of cancer. Of course pancreas cancer is not a disease, but a variety of many. Yup, pancreatic cancer is quite aggressive. You can have the diagnosis and die a week later. You can get lucky of course, it's not 100%. Creutzfeldt-Jakob is the mad cow disease of humans, so although it can naturally occur without eating cows with the prion, you can get it from eating infected cows so you know, you can die earlier. The fact is, prion diseases are pretty much a death sentence, and cases like Fatal Insomnia can kill you quite early(and a horrible way to go honestly). Luckily, they aren't numerous, and we have morphine to kill ourselves with in case we get diagnosed by them. Prion disease research isn't as funded as well, as they aren't that numerous, so it might take a few more decades before we can deal with those proteins folding in a wrong way. For rabies, yeah, it's skill considered 100% technically. Milwaukee protocol was deemed a failure, and you're better off just giving the good old morphine overdose to someone with Rabies when the symptoms start rather than wasting a lot of money with a really low sucess rate.
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Dec 2, 2021 15:42:16 GMT
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Dec 2, 2021 15:42:16 GMT
I read that the only reported case of survival of untreated Rabies was a girl in an American research and it's unclear did he really have rabies or some other similar virus. Also, I think it's kind of weird to think of mortality rates of chronic diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob or Alzheimer, because you usually get them at old age and you would die anyways so it's more a matter of how soon will you die. Also, pancreas cancer is on average the deadliest type of cancer. Of course pancreas cancer is not a disease, but a variety of many. Yup, pancreatic cancer is quite aggressive. You can have the diagnosis and die a week later. You can get lucky of course, it's not 100%. Creutzfeldt-Jakob is the mad cow disease of humans, so although it can naturally occur without eating cows with the prion, you can get it from eating infected cows so you know, you can die earlier. The fact is, prion diseases are pretty much a death sentence, and cases like Fatal Insomnia can kill you quite early(and a horrible way to go honestly). Luckily, they aren't numerous, and we have morphine to kill ourselves with in case we get diagnosed by them. Prion disease research isn't as funded as well, as they aren't that numerous, so it might take a few more decades before we can deal with those proteins folding in a wrong way. For rabies, yeah, it's skill considered 100% technically. Milwaukee protocol was deemed a failure, and you're better off just giving the good old morphine overdose to someone with Rabies when the symptoms start rather than wasting a lot of money with a really low sucess rate. It's really brutal that Rabies, if treated before the symptoms start is totally treatable, but if the symptoms start, it's essentially a 2 weeks lasting painful death. If you inherit Fatal Insomnia, you better just move to Belgium to get euthanasia.
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