A universe in every hole? So thinks a Pole.
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Registered 6 years agoScientists calculate that the universe will probably expand forever by measuring something which might not really exist..gif)
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Registered 6 years agoTremendosaurus wrote:
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
Hasn't this theory been batted around for years?
He doesn't look like this does he...?
Brilliant!PSN : v--WEDGE--v
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Blaketown 4,439 posts
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Registered 6 years agoProbably not science but this made my jaw drop today.
Not a new story but look at the size of that bloody thing!Brap, brap, old chap.
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Salaman 16,585 posts
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Registered 9 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.
Isn't it already like that to a large degree?
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Jeepers 12,584 posts
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Registered 7 years agoSalaman wrote:
You're thinking of Croydon.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.
Isn't it already like that to a large degree?
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Registered 5 years agoSalaman wrote:
Here we go...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.
Isn't it already like that to a large degree?
Eventually it will become a cold, dead wasteland with a temperature approaching what scientists term "absolute zero".
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/end.html
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PearOfAnguish 6,575 posts
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Registered 8 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. -
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Ahem
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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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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Registered 5 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"
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phAge 23,883 posts
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Registered 10 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.
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sirtacos 6,801 posts
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Registered 5 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? -
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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.
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localnotail 21,449 posts
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edits: wait, no.
Carry on, my mistake. It was just two identical cats.Playing all the right notes— but not necessarily in the right order.
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localnotail 21,449 posts
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/baggsies! no comebacks, no returns
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,"Playing all the right notes— but not necessarily in the right order.
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mcmonkeyplc 35,847 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI'll fight you for it Local.
I shall call it vulcan!
Come and get it cumslingers!
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mcmonkeyplc 35,847 posts
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Registered 10 years agoErrm also I do believe this news artcile actually warrants it's own thread....
Come and get it cumslingers!
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localnotail 21,449 posts
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Nuh-uh it's mine already, can't you read? I'm going to call it Douglas.
I'll fight you for it Local.
I shall call it vulcan!Playing all the right notes— but not necessarily in the right order.
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mcmonkeyplc 35,847 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYou cant call a fucking planet Douglas!
Someone create a thread for this story!Come and get it cumslingers!
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