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Wonderfest 2010: Do We Understand Cosmic Structure?

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iisthphir
Posted: 06.22.11, 02:37 AM
It may be true that based on the current model it is impossible for particles with mass to exceed the speed of light. However, perhaps the most important aspect of having a scientific model in the first place (beside from putting it to practical uses which requires affirmative practice and results) is actually to use it to ultimately disprove itself through the greater understanding it has provided us. Concordantly, theories, although if you wish to make use of the predictability and therefore practicality of their models must be treated as absolute, if your aim is to better understand the universe they represent must be treated as quite dynamic. Theories are simplified representations and as such always leave room for counter theories. The only theory that can possibly account for everything without doubt is written in the language of subatomic particles and still takes a whole universe to describe!
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samiran1234
Posted: 06.02.11, 05:22 PM
@antimather photon is its own anti particle. There is no "anti photon". Also no particle with "non zero rest mass" can travel at speed of light. Massive particles have to move at sub-luminous speeds. No mystery here. Also particles moving with super-luminous speeds are called tachyons, but they are purely mathematical solution, doesn't mean that they "have to exist". They of course may exist. In fact the anti particles itself were suggested from Dirac's equation "negative solutions" but we know that they exist because there are experiments that can be done in a lab that demonstrate their existence. There is absolutely 0 evidence for tachyons and as far as I know, the whole idea is that they "cannot be observed" in principle. They as well don't exist for us.
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socratus
Posted: 04.21.11, 10:09 AM
Do We Understand Cosmic Structure?
Do We Understand Cosmic Structure? - What is the Source of the Universe ? Where did Existence come from? ===========================. # Now we have three ( 3) sources of the Universe: Big bang , vacuum and God. Which of them is correct ? About big band and God my opinion is: the action, when the God compressed all Universe into his palm, physicists had named -a singular point And action, when the God opened his palm, physicists had named - the Big Bang =. And about vacuum Paul Dirac wrote: ‘ The problem of the exact description of vacuum, in my opinion, is the basic problem now before physics. Really, if you can’t correctly describe the vacuum, how it is possible to expect a correct description of something more complex? ‘ ==========. # In the book “Evolution of Physics” Einstein and Infeld wrote: “ We have the laws, but we are not aware what the body of reference system they belong to, and all our physical construction appears erected on sand ”. They are right. Why? Because : The Universe ( as a whole ) is Two- Measured, there are two Worlds: Vacuum and Gravity. They are Parallel Worlds. What was before Vacuum or Gravity ? Does Gravity exist in Vacuum or vice versa? No answer. == . Fact and Speculation. 1. Fact. The detected material mass of the matter in the Universe is so small (the average density of all substance in the Universe is approximately p=10^-30 g/sm^3) that it cannot ‘close’ the Universe into sphere and therefore our Universe as whole is ‘open’, endless Vacuum. But what to do with the infinite Universe the physicists don't know. The concept of infinite/ eternal means nothing to a scientists. They do not understand how they could draw any real, concrete conclusions from this characteristic. A notions of ‘more, less, equally, similar ’ could not be conformed to a word infinity or eternity. The Infinity / Eternity is something, that has no borders, has no discontinuity; it could not be compared to anything. Considering so, scientists came to conclusion that the infinity/eternity defies to a physical and mathematical definition and cannot be considered in real processes. Therefore they have proclaimed the strict requirement (on a level of censor of the law): « If we want that the theory would be correct, the infinity/eternity should be eliminated » . Thus they direct all their mathematical abilities, all intellectual energy to the elimination of infinity. Therefore they invented an abstract ‘dark matter and dark energy’. They say: ‘ 90% or more of the matter in the Universe is unseen.’ And nobody knows what it is. 2. Speculation. Unknown ‘dark matter ‘ it is matter which makes up the difference between observed mass of a galaxies and calculated mass…… which….will …’close ‘ ….the Universe into sphere, as ……. as……the astrophysicists want. Question: How can the 99% of the Hidden ( dark ) matter in the Universe create the 1% of the Visible matter ? ========================== . . # Now it is considered that Newton / Einstein's laws of gravitation are basis of physics, the first laws / source of Universe. But the detected material mass of the matter in the Universe is so small that gravitation field, as whole, doesn't work in the Universe. So, the Newton / Einstein's laws of gravitation are correct only in the small and local part of Universe and we cannot take them as the first ones. What can the first law of the Universe be? All galaxies , all gravitation fields exist in Vacuum (T=0K). Gravitational effects took place only in a small area of Infinite Vacuum. It is impossible to use GRT to the Universe as a whole. Vacuum is “ The first law of the Universe.” The Physics first of all is Aether / Vacuum. Vacuum is the Source of the Universe . Vacuum is the Absolute Reference Frame. Without Eternal, Infinite Vacuum Physics makes no sense. ==========. Best wishes. Israel Sadovnik. Socratus. ... ========.
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antimather
Posted: 02.07.11, 06:25 AM
But this video was very good and educational, I simply loved that they said that we dont understand anything...
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antimather
Posted: 02.07.11, 06:02 AM
Why is there so much talk of mass in the universe? I think we build to much of our theorys on einsteins e=mc2... I find it more interesting to take away mass from the equation, because it opens a hole lot of other possibilities than what scientists allready work on. Photons can be eaten by black holes, so is there "antiphotons" since obviously matter and antimatter exists? And is there possible that mass can travel at the speed of light? And in theory, if mass is taken out of the equation anything coulb travel in the speed of light or faster with the right amount of force. So could dark matter be the counter-part of light, "antiphotons"?
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