psynuk Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 stoned, do you believe in aliens or the possibility/probability of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipmchugh Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I can highly recommend Bill Bryson - A Short History Of Nearly Everting It's fantastic, I downloaded the audio book onto my phone and listen to it whilst treadmilling. I'm so impressed I bought the actual book off amazon used.....H/B 50p - I kid you not!! A fascinating book. Infact I'm going to listen to it again later on the treadmill!! Understanding the universe on the treadmill of time - fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemcewan Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 It is rather promising. One or more suitable gravitational wave telescopes could now be constructed in space and or on the earth which would give great insight into the first few seconds after the big bang. Such measurements would bring us a step closer to a unifying theory of physics. With all due respect to LIGO, they're a discovery experiment and they don't have the sensitivity for a detailed gravitational wave map of the sky analogous to WMAP. ---------- Post added 14-03-2016 at 10:18 ---------- We'll never understand everything. The idea is to know all the rules on which the universe(s) operate(s). Considering how much we've learned over the last hundred years or so, there's every reason to be optimistic. If you are interested . Take a thorough look at the "Electric Universe" as a competing theory with the Big Bang. Don't reject it without attempting to compare theories. Amongst cosmologist there is a debate being held, as to the increasing "esoteric "(weird and wonderful ) nature of cosmology tied to the Big Bang. I think -certainly in my lifetime - some serious rethinking around the Big Bang and the Electric Universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dude111 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Will mankind ever fathom the mysteries of the universe or is it beyond our comprehension?I do believe its beyond our ability to understand!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemcewan Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I do believe its beyond our ability to understand!! I think there's a discussion somewhere that there is possibly a limit to humankind's intelligence. Even if we evolve for a million years (if we don't erase ourselves from the planet) there will be things about the universe we will never understand. That's how the discussion went when I last read it ages ago. I think there are plant of books around laying claim to a "theory of everything". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 How? And where's his toolbox? the universe is the toolbox, you can tell that because some of it's inhabitants are tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghozer Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 We only have an understanding of the observable universe. I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong. a Limited understanding of the observable universe, and an even smaller (though present) understanding of the NONE observable (quantum mechanics, the double slit experiment, quantum entanglement etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosser Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 The answer is 42. Let there be no argument about that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon1 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Will mankind ever fathom the mysteries of the universe or is it beyond our comprehension? Just fathoming the mystery of SCC Is hard enough :gag: No chance mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 a Limited understanding of the observable universe, and an even smaller (though present) understanding of the NONE observable (quantum mechanics, the double slit experiment, quantum entanglement etc) Don't try this at home with Known Unknowns, for instance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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