Well, obviously, if we're going to increase the speed of light in 2208 it must be variable.

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Interesting stuff. It's hard for me to get my head around a universe with no beginning.

(btw imagonna move this to the science Sift Talk out of the main - this is interesting but not VideoSift or video related which is the nominal qualification for being in the main Sift Talk)

Whatever the universe winds up being Dag, it's going to be hard to get your head around it no matter how smart you are.

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True, but on a superficial level I was comfortable with the idea of a big bang - with a clean beginning, and then an eventual slowing of that expansion, a contraction - and then another bang.
>> ^Ryjkyj:

Whatever the universe winds up being Dag, it's going to be hard to get your head around it no matter how smart you are.

Sorry Dag, 'tis was not my intention. I was trying to click the e-mail comments button.

What's fascinating about this is the potential implications of interchangeable space and time. In my own uninformed opinion, it dramatically improves the chances we'll master long-distance space travel and time travel.

Let's try to *frontpage this - I want to hear reactions and thoughts from the scientist sifters.
>> ^dag:

Interesting stuff. It's hard for me to get my head around a universe with no beginning.
(btw imagonna move this to the science Sift Talk out of the main - this is interesting but not VideoSift or video related which is the nominal qualification for being in the main Sift Talk)

Throbbin cannot frontpage this post because Throbbin does not have enough Power Points - ignoring frontpage request by Throbbin. (You can always purchase more Power Points.)

>> ^dag:

True, but on a superficial level I was comfortable with the idea of a big bang - with a clean beginning, and then an eventual slowing of that expansion, a contraction - and then another bang.


Actually, the current model says that the universe will go on expanding forever, not collapse into a Big Crunch.

I'm more comfortable with the idea that the universe is infinite myself. No uncomfortable questions like "what happened before time began" or "if space is finite, what's outside it?" or even worse "where did the universe come from if it didn't always exist?"

Incidentally, I'm not surprised this is from someone from a study done in the East. They tend to gravitate more to this type of existential theory.

Existence is. No beginnings, no endings, it just is.

Matter flows from place to place and momentarily come together to be you. Some find this thought disturbing, I find the reality thrilling.

I've felt this way for years... not understanding why almost every human being seems to feel the universe has to start or end or come from something else. Existence is existence, man!

Dude. The universe contains videosift. I know your name spells Gad backwards and you have complex and all, but seriously dude. Videosift is not on a separate plane of existence.

>> ^dag:

Interesting stuff. It's hard for me to get my head around a universe with no beginning.
(btw imagonna move this to the science Sift Talk out of the main - this is interesting but not VideoSift or video related which is the nominal qualification for being in the main Sift Talk)