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>> ^siftbot:

Duplicate video nomination cannot be seconded by the submitter of the original video - ignoring isdupe request by Boise_Lib.


Oh, I forgot.

This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by AdrianBlack. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Dark-Energy

>> ^TheGenk:

dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Dark-Energy
(can't call it)


Yep, it's a dupe of mine.

dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Dark-Energy

(can't call it)

>> ^syncron:

Did I see a Sun Solaris workstation @ 4:30?


I think so.

*promote

My super conservative Mormon brother thinks that Dark Energy is God.

It's possible, I suppose.

I upvoted this because I believe this is part of the future of science. It is easy to dismiss these concepts as new age touchy-feely stuff and poo-poo it out of hand.

But it is similar to something discussed in this vid http://videosift.com/video/Dark-Energy

70% of the universe is unexplained and for "placeholder" purposes, it is now called Dark Energy, until scientists can figure it out. This wasn't even a question 50 years ago, now our brightest minds are looking into it.

"Gaia consciousness" could well be the Dark Energy of the future.

Until then, whether it exists or not, it is fact that we are seriously screwing with the ecosystems of this planet. So whether there is "collective intelligence" or not, we had better get on to seriously changing our behavior.

>> ^criticalthud:

They're still engaged in a primitive debate.
Conceptually, we can't even get passed the notion that god is a singular "being" like us, rather than a vast intellectual complexity - that only becomes more complex as evolution continues. and we are all part of that process. recycled energy in an infinite process.
we're just so fucking self-centered that we miss the the intelligence that is all around us, and just how interdependent we are on the biodiversity we are mindlessly destroying.
we miss the fact that there is a collective intelligence of this planet, without which, we would be nothing. and instead of nurturing it, we're jerking off.

This is something Theists and Atheists can agree on. Not, of course, on the cause or it. But in the awesomeness of it's existence. Long live the Universe... wherever it came from. Dark Energy be damned, may it exist for a trillion years. And best wishes to it's neighbors.

Secondly, if "dark matter" ends up being anti-matter that could change many outcomes on here. Including any modifications or forces that "dark energy" is "causing".

>> ^harry:

>> ^kceaton1:
...There could be magnetism involved...

That confirms my theory that this is powered by MAGIC.


As long as MAGIC stands for: PHOTON. Ta Da!!!

No really that about covers it. Although in that picture I'm unsure why they plug in "graviton" as it doesn't exist yet nor does the understanding of how the fundamental forces/mass combine (Higgs boson/ Higgs field).

Then just figure out dark matter (which could be gravitons for all we know)... Then dark energy... Etc...


/I know it's a joke You magnificent Juggalo/ette.

According to Wikipedia, I gather that the confirmation of Dark Energy makes the existence of Dark Matter very likely.>> ^direpickle:

>> ^Throbbin:
Right you are. Guess I bungled that in my glee.
Although I suppose the existence of the one all but confirms the existence of the other.>> ^direpickle:
It looks like this is a confirmation of Dark Energy and not Dark Matter. They're different things with unfortunately similar names.


I was really excited at the prospect of proof of dark matter! I'm less-excited by proof of dark energy, because that all but confirms a dismal end to the universe. Still, it's neat when science works. I'm not an astrophysicist, but I don't think the Dark Matter/Energy theories are related so that one implies the other. I could be wrong, though!


I know the sift boasts some experts in the field. What do you guys think?

>> ^Throbbin:

Right you are. Guess I bungled that in my glee.
Although I suppose the existence of the one all but confirms the existence of the other.>> ^direpickle:
It looks like this is a confirmation of Dark Energy and not Dark Matter. They're different things with unfortunately similar names.



I was really excited at the prospect of proof of dark matter! I'm less-excited by proof of dark energy, because that all but confirms a dismal end to the universe. Still, it's neat when science works. I'm not an astrophysicist, but I don't think the Dark Matter/Energy theories are related so that one implies the other. I could be wrong, though!

Right you are. Guess I bungled that in my glee.

Although I suppose the existence of the one all but confirms the existence of the other.>> ^direpickle:

It looks like this is a confirmation of Dark Energy and not Dark Matter. They're different things with unfortunately similar names.