universe

Inspired by this thread (especially post #24). Do you agree with the following statement: "The vast majority of people believe that they, uniquely, are the most important being in the universe" Well?

From what I've read, I understand that the space between objects in the universe is expanding in a way unrelated to actual velocity of said objects, and the energy to do so is how a portion of "dark matter" is to be reconciled with other things in cosmology. So my question is, that being so...

I know we wont find out any time soon, but if you had to make an educated guess based upon your current knowledge how would you say the universe was created?

From http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/09/universe.pill/index.html a very interesting quote:

Do you know everything about the universe? Yes or No? And what does your answer say about god(s), paranormal, supernatural, etc, existing?

P1. Mass-energy cannot be created or destroyed. P2. The universe is composed of mass-energy. C1. The universe's mass-energy must always have existed, in one form or another. Scientific laws preclude creation of any kind. __________________________ My Case Against God

The title kind of says it all. Why do you think the universe is describable with math? (and please, let's not evoke fantasy multiple universes where math doesn't exist; let's talk about what there is evidence for)

I found this information from David Wilcock's site. Can anyone verify this stuff? divinecosmos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27 SUN: The Sun’s magnetic field is over 230 percent stronger now than it was at the beginning of the 1900s, and its overall energetic...

http://www.holoscience.com/index.php I could go on but my wrist is tired. Sooo...why don't we need dark matter again..? and...how junk is this science?

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I've always wanted to have this discussion with bright, engaging and intelligent people. But all I can find is you guys so you'll have to do. BAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Ok, Ok, Just kidding. Seriously though, I'd like to get a discussion going on the nature of the universe...

A Thought Experiment Take four people place them at equal distance apart in a circle at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock positions. In the centre of the circle is a rock, and everyone agrees that they see the rock. They each see the rock because photons are bouncing off it heading for each person’s eyes...

We're all familiar with the conventional interpretation of quantum mechanics, whereby the Universe evolves via unitary evolution of its wavefunction, interspersed with reduction in which the act of observation collapses the wavefunction into an eigenstate of a particular observable. There are...

In this age, there are still people who claim that the sun revolves around the Earth. Studies have been made. Scientists be warned! You have been wrong! Prepare for the collapse of modern astronomy! http://www.geocentricity.com/ These guys have PROOF of aether winds. Somewhere. In that section...

god. I'm sure many of you already have heard the dogma that the universe at the time of creation was only the size of earth, when it was created. And in just one day god created light and divided it from the darkness.(this information derived from the holy bible). Tell me another one. Is...

I'm sure many of you already have heard the theory that the universe at the time of the Big Bang was only the size of a marble, when it exploded. In one trillionth of a trillionth of a second the Big bang expanded outward to beyond the size of the observable universe. (This information derived...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060316/ap_on_sc/cosmic_inflation for some reason, the theme tune to ST:TNG comes to mind......

Thought you might find this amusing and/or insightful. This is from the blog of Mimi Smartypants. If you aren't already reading her regularly, you should. Not because she writes about skepticism, generally; just because she is so damn funny.

It is my believe that the only way God can exist and not break some serious rules is that God IS the universe. This would mean that God created everything because God IS everything it also means that Jesus could easily be his son as Jesus came from the universe. Maybe God "the universe" set up...

I watched a show a few days ago where they said they are now estimating the age of the universe at 8-12 billion years. However, other astronomers have aged some of the stars at 15-17 billion years. Anybody know anything about this? What is the basis for the difference?

What is your take on the origin of the universe? Vote in the poll, and offer a concise explanation... _______________ The Libertarian Defender (atheist, skeptic, libertarian) Check it out!

The expanding universe concept is usually presented as the main evidence to support the validity of The Big Bang Theory. Or at least it gives great weight to the Theory. Personally, I don’t support in the Big Bang Theory regardless of whether or not the universe is expanding (but would be more...

Here it is. This one is using Star Wars' 'the force' as a leverage to get into people's good books: ---Quote--- The Field tells the story of a group of frontier scientists who discovered that the Zero Point Field - an ocean of subatomic vibrations in the space between things - connects...

Hugh Ross lists on his site 154 parameters he says are required for intelligent life to exist in the universe. Then, as far as I can tell, he assigns probabilities to each of these and concludes there is less that a 1 in 10^282 chance intelligent life would occur. He concludes that a divine...

This comes from the world's biggest telescope thread, looking backwards in time at light emitted billions of years ago. What if there was no light emitted prior to year X? How does anyone know that light has always been emitted - there's no proof of that at all. Light may only have been...

From this thread The God of the Universe, if in fact there is one, must be pragmatic, in every single last detail or, this is what the Universe leads us to conclude. Perhaps this is why it's such a mystery, and we can't see Him, because His works are so practical and, "stand alone?" And yet...

I've been thinking about the big bang and I've come up with a hypothesis (or perhaps a I should call it a speculation) to tie together some anomalies and explain how it all works. I'll call it the Zero Point Conversion hypothesis. First, let's take a look at some generally accepted aspects of...

I'm reading the book "How the Universe got its Spots" by Janna Levin right now. Its an interesting read and she put forth an analogy I hadn't encountered before. She suggests, using General Relativity, that matter and gravity are similar to electricity and the electric field. Her analogy...

OK...I'm gonna play devil's advocate here. If somebody came up with a process to recreate how the universe started, could that person test the theory? Think about the big bang. It was a tiny mass of dark matter that's mass grew exponentially. If somebody could recreate this, it would...

What if the universe and its matter and energy was contained in a finite space and that this space does not grow or shrink. For example a huge cube and in the middle of it is where the big bang originated from. If this were true wouldn't it be possible that in a finite space with finite energy...