perhaps not a very scientifically nuanced take - but it sure does feel like they were just making this shit up as they went along!
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 08:28 (one year ago) link
they definitely had some gaps to fill with uh portentous speculation
― imago, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 08:37 (one year ago) link
hawking started this.
― caek, Thursday, March 4, 2010 10:03 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
lmao
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
hawking started this. bitcoin fixes this.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
if you have time for a 1000 pager then this is canon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Making_of_the_Atomic_Bomb
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
string theory is when you just want more dimensions and i do
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:53 (one year ago) link
wasn't it something like the existence of 26 dimensions they theorised? lol is that enough for you!
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
wait till you hear about hilbert spaces
― ledge, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:58 (one year ago) link
I'd have theorised about 36 dimensions because it's a beautiful number
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
the right idea on >= 4 dimensions
I'm laughing so hard at this slide a friend sent me from one of Geoff Hinton's courses;"To deal with hyper-planes in a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it." pic.twitter.com/nTakZArbsD— Robbie Barrat (@videodrome) June 10, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 17:03 (one year ago) link
that's why we need more of them
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
I have a buddy that talks about the 'multiverse' being a probability rather than a possibility
it's great if you're a screenwriter but c'mon man
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 17:12 (one year ago) link
the observable physical universe, or at least the current understanding of it, just isn't overawing and huge enough for some people - they want more!
― calzino, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link
Here is a thing that I have read and that I am not sure I believe: If you accept that more than one universe exists, you are almost inexorably drawn to the conclusion that an infinite number of them exist. With all the extant possibilities.
The reasoning goes that there is no logical boundary short of infinity. Like, if the total number is 52, one might ask, "why not 51 or 53?" Arbitraryness creeps in.
Hence, the suspicion that the number is either one, or infinite.
Personally I see no reason why the answer can't be 3 or 47 or 576.
The universe has no obligation to make sense to us.
― Landfill Collins (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:31 (one year ago) link
sure (but no way it's 3 ffs)
also tbh the multiverse is a different thing than dimensions
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:45 (one year ago) link
Mark s what is your beef with the tripleverse
― Landfill Collins (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:47 (one year ago) link
sucky number, get rid
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 18:50 (one year ago) link
I'd like to think we're in one of the posher universes, instead of the dumpy, cold, sandy ones
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_one_infinity_rule
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
as many universes as gecs
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
so there's no set limit to the number of universes but rather it's limited to the capacity of the servers these universes are running on
― silverfish, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:38 (one year ago) link
Hey trinities are ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8lRKCw2_Pk
The past and the present and the future
Big daddy, son, and spook
Peter, Paul, and Mary
RGB
Etc.
Etc
― Landfill Collins (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:43 (one year ago) link
betelgeuse has now gone from the night sky (i.e. it's in the direction of the sun) for the next six months, so if it's still getting brighter we have no way of knowing.
this did happen tho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_2023ixf
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 25 May 2023 06:56 (one year ago) link
when come back bring superpie
― mark s, Thursday, 25 May 2023 08:31 (one year ago) link
Good thread https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2023-December/033318.html
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 04:23 (five months ago) link
good galaxies https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_reveals_structure_in_19_spiral_galaxies
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 17:55 (four months ago) link
What does this mean? this doesn't make sense
Skyscraper-sized asteroid to pass within 1.7m miles of Earth on Friday
An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7m miles (2.7mkm) of Earth on Friday.
Don’t worry: there’s no chance of it hitting us since it will miss our planet by seven times the distance from the Earth to the moon.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 1 February 2024 18:05 (four months ago) link
what doesn't make sense about it?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 1 February 2024 18:25 (four months ago) link
presumably the m in 1.7m is for million
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 1 February 2024 18:58 (four months ago) link
(I skimmed at first and thought it said "1.7 miles" so maybe Andy did too)
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 1 February 2024 18:59 (four months ago) link
it's 1.7 millimiles, i.e. about 8 feet.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 1 February 2024 19:11 (four months ago) link
well that seems a little too close
― gbx, Thursday, 1 February 2024 19:38 (four months ago) link
Yeah, I thought it was less than two miles... I was hoping to go out and watch it pass over the neighborhood
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 1 February 2024 19:54 (four months ago) link
In terms of interplanetary space 1.7 million miles is just a skip and a jump away.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 1 February 2024 19:57 (four months ago) link
the James Webb telescope spotted a drunk riding on it, so it might swerve closer
https://www.blog.lepetitprince.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/buveur.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 1 February 2024 20:00 (four months ago) link
Dessin-moi un mouton
― Washington Post Malone (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 1 February 2024 20:40 (four months ago) link
gbx!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 2 February 2024 03:40 (four months ago) link
hey whats up
― gbx, Friday, 2 February 2024 15:00 (four months ago) link
good to see you! hope you are well!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 2 February 2024 17:50 (four months ago) link
thanks man! likewise!
any new space facts i should know
― gbx, Friday, 2 February 2024 18:15 (four months ago) link
nah it's pretty much over
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 2 February 2024 18:58 (four months ago) link
whew!
― gbx, Friday, 2 February 2024 20:25 (four months ago) link