| A universe in every hole? So thinks a Pole. |
Random science stories that don't warrant their own threads thread
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sirtacos 8,018 posts
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Tremendosaurus 1,194 posts
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Registered 11 years agoHasn't this theory been batted around for years?
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Scientists calculate that the universe will probably expand forever by measuring something which might not really exist. .gif)
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stephenb 3,381 posts
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Registered 11 years agoTremendosaurus wrote:
Hasn't this theory been batted around for years?
He doesn't look like this does he...?
Rule 1 of cosmology : If your going to come up with a theory on spatial physics always make sure it can never be proved or debunked
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Blaketown 5,658 posts
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Registered 11 years agoProbably not science but this made my jaw drop today.
Not a new story but look at the size of that bloody thing! -
Salaman 23,037 posts
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Registered 14 years agoBremenacht wrote:
Scientists calculate that the universe will probably expand forever by measuring something which might not really exist.
Knowing the distribution of dark energy tells astronomers that the Universe will continue to get bigger indefinitely.
Eventually it will become a cold, dead wasteland with a temperature approaching what scientists term "absolute zero".
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Jeepers 16,515 posts
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Registered 12 years agoSalaman wrote:
Bremenacht wrote:
Scientists calculate that the universe will probably expand forever by measuring something which might not really exist.
Knowing the distribution of dark energy tells astronomers that the Universe will continue to get bigger indefinitely.
Eventually it will become a cold, dead wasteland with a temperature approaching what scientists term "absolute zero".
Isn't it already like that to a large degree?
You're thinking of Croydon. -
RyanDS 11,782 posts
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Registered 10 years agoSalaman wrote:
Bremenacht wrote:
Scientists calculate that the universe will probably expand forever by measuring something which might not really exist.
Knowing the distribution of dark energy tells astronomers that the Universe will continue to get bigger indefinitely.
Eventually it will become a cold, dead wasteland with a temperature approaching what scientists term "absolute zero".
Isn't it already like that to a large degree?
Here we go...
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/end.html
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PearOfAnguish 7,573 posts
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Registered 13 years agoThere's a new show on Discovery called Bad Universe, which is all about bad stuff happening to Earth. It's got that typically bombastic American presentation with overly dramatic music and irritating camera work, but there's some good science bits in there and experiments involving big explosions. -
Tremendosaurus 1,194 posts
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Registered 11 years agoPearOfAnguish wrote:
There's a new show on Discovery called Bad Universe, which is all about bad stuff happening to Earth. It's got that typically bombastic American presentation with overly dramatic music and irritating camera work, but there's some good science bits in there and experiments involving big explosions.
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SirScratchalot 7,907 posts
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Registered 13 years agosirtacos wrote:
I'm sticking with the "We're all living in a simulated universe" hypothesis for now thanks!
A universe in every hole? So thinks a Pole.
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sirtacos 8,018 posts
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RyanDS 11,782 posts
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Registered 10 years agoWhoah... Very very interesting statement made in that piece. Would love to see more on this as it seems a very bold claim.
Because parenting behaviors co-occur with children's developing personalities, many parents assume that their behaviors actually shape their children's personalities. The evidence from developmental research overwhelmingly shows that they don't. In fact, the causality is often reversed, as temperamentally-easy children enable their parents to feel competent. Good children often create good parents"
Edit: Just skimmed through the link it gave. It is fairly persuasive on a first galnce but doesn't seem to account for things like teh cycle of domestic violence that is certainly an issue caused by upbringing. -
phAge 25,487 posts
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Registered 15 years agoryandsimmons wrote:
Read a very good book reviewing the "current consensus" in personality research, and that made a very similar statement. Basically, excluding extreme cases of neglect or abuse, childrens personalities are pretty much entirely determined by genetics - not by their parents' actions (that is to say: parents can't "control" their kids' personalities, as their parenting methods will have different effects on biologically different kids).
Whoah... Very very interesting statement made in that piece. Would love to see more on this as it seems a very bold claim.
That competent kids make competent parents isn't entirely surprising in that context. -
sirtacos 8,018 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI dunno, I'm wary of new theories that place emphasis entirely on one aspect of behavioural development. Behaviour doesn't occur in a vacuum. What's that book called phAge? -
phAge 25,487 posts
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Registered 15 years agosirtacos wrote:
Gnah... For the life of me, I can't remember! It was green/turquoise, and something like "Why we are (the way we are)" and the author was possibly called Daniel. Ahem.
I dunno, I'm wary of new theories that place emphasis entirely on one aspect of behavioural development. Behaviour doesn't occur in a vacuum. What's that book called phAge?
It centered on the Big Five personality model, and one of the main arguments, which was backed up by lots and lots of research, was that about 50% of our personality comes from genetics, while the other 50% come from our upbringing. The catch being that since we are different at birth, parents treating two (non-identical) the same, will end up with two very different kids, personality-wise.
One example was from a a very thorough study demonstrating that two siblings brought up in the same family, are pretty much as different from each other as two complete strangers picked from the street at random. -
localnotail 23,072 posts
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Registered 9 years ago/senses a glitch in the matrix.
edits: wait, no.
Carry on, my mistake. It was just two identical cats. -
localnotail 23,072 posts
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Registered 9 years agoecureuil wrote:
Gliese 581g is the first world discovered beyond Earth that's the right size and location for life.
"Personally, given the ubiquity and propensity of life to flourish wherever it can, I would say that the chances for life on this planet are 100 percent. I have almost no doubt about it,"
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I'll fight you for it Local.
I shall call it vulcan! -
Errm also I do believe this news artcile actually warrants it's own thread.... -
localnotail 23,072 posts
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Registered 9 years agomcmonkeyplc wrote:
I'll fight you for it Local.
I shall call it vulcan!
Nuh-uh it's mine already, can't you read? I'm going to call it Douglas. -
Lukey__b 3,716 posts
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Registered 9 years agoThat's cool. Only 20 light years away as well. -
You cant call a fucking planet Douglas!
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Why the hell not?
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