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GhostingReality101 · 06-12-2005, 03:01 AM

Your Theory to explain everything?

waylander · 06-12-2005, 04:22 AM

I am innocent, your honor, I swear to God !

kintaris · 06-12-2005, 04:57 AM

could you explain? Or do you actually mean an absolute Theory of Everything?

My Theory of Everything: There was a joke. Most of the universe missed the punchline.

kintaris

mammamaia · 06-12-2005, 10:10 AM

question is ambiguous, too broad, confused/confusing... care to explain your question about explaining everything?

Drzava · 06-12-2005, 12:44 PM

I can explain most things except how they get that little ball inside Ramune

Here's a drawing to help explain it: http://www.geocities.jp/neudandan/ramune-1.jpg

The lower ball is a glass ball that is inside the soda, and the only way to excavate it seems to be breaking the bottle!

Hodge · 06-12-2005, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mammamaia

question is ambiguous, too broad, confused/confusing... care to explain your question about explaining everything?

No, it's a genuine theory being sought. String theory is an example of a "theory of everything," in that it explains the nature of our universe completely. Quantum physics and Einstein's relativity are theories of just about everything, because they still have some grey areas in them.

I have my own theory of everything, but's really long. Maybe I'll post it up later.

kintaris · 06-12-2005, 03:06 PM

Oh, that theory. I get it now. I follow the Theory presented in Science of the Discworld by Terry Pratchett and his scientist friends, which is basically a mix of all the common theories. BTW everyone if you really havent a clue about the origins of the universe (and the origins of quantum physics itself) and you want a quick and easy way in, i'd recommend that book.

kintaris

ATTROPUS · 06-13-2005, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Drzava

I can explain most things except how they get that little ball inside Ramune

Oh my lord I LOVE!!!!!!!!!! RAMUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

........now look what you've done, you've got me all excited! Oh and I don't have a theory to explain everything sorry 'bout that.

Drzava · 06-13-2005, 10:51 PM

I used to buy Calpis until they quit stocking it premade, I can't do it myself from concentrate. I tried regular water and I nearly gagged, then I bought club soda, I mixed it with some citrus soda Duo to make a satisfactory drink.

And, isn't string theory kind of...passe?

journyman161 · 06-14-2005, 12:34 AM

String theory went through a passé phase but has recently made a comeback. Finding out the universe is not only expanding but the rate of expansion is actually increasing gave it quite a boost.

Recent observations have also offered 2 possible sightings of macro-level strings affecting the view of distant galaxies.

String theory has firmed considerably as the (so far) best theory of everything (except life)

There are however, still things to be worked out - if anyone out there has a theory to explain gravity effect on both macro & quantum levels, a Nobel awaits!

Hodge · 06-14-2005, 12:50 AM

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Finding out the universe is not only expanding but the rate of expansion is actually increasing gave it quite a boost.

I thought my explanation for this observation to be fairly obvious, but I guess not (or maybe there's something more that I'm missing).

The rate of expansion seems to be faster farther away from Earth because we're actually seeing things as they were billions of years ago. So really, billions of years ago the universe was expanding at a fast rate, but now it's slowed down to what we see on a more local level.

journyman161 · 06-14-2005, 01:50 AM

Nice try, but that's been taken into account. They've thought very carefully through the implications of expansion over at least 40 years.

What they see is that the expected scenario (after Inflation) ran pretty much like you'd expect from an explosion, but about 5 billion years ago, something gave it all a huge boost & they thought that followed the initial rush followed by gravity slowly exerting an influence.

Instead, they've found, following very careful observation, something is actually pushing the rate of expansion higher than ever. There is no period back in the beginning where the rate was as high as it is now.

There are large scale structures we can map out there, but there are apparently no longer the conditions for them to form - the cosmos is evolving. The Walls out there are dinosaurs & the ones we see may not be there now at all as we are seeing them in the past.

(don't fret folks, there's a few million (or billion) years yet to have fun)

The possibilities for apparency versus reality were argued out back in the days when some evidence said we were expanding but earlier evidence was for steady state or contraction.

This could all change with unexpected knowledge popping up, but at the moment the incresing expansion is fairly widely accepted & the debate is over why & how.

Hodge · 06-14-2005, 03:21 AM

In that case I propose a new theory: we are seeing an implosion backwards. Perhaps the "dark energy" that astrophycisists theorize is causing the expansion of the universe to quicken is in actuality causing the outer rim of it to travel backwards in time rather than forwards like us (or vice versa—in my theory time is infinite either way and we only perceive it as going one way).

OR: the "dark energy" is propelling all radiation (which includes light) at such a fast speed towards us that it overtakes older radiation and makes it appear as though the universe is expanding ever faster.

I have no math to back anything up. I'm just an idea man.

Anyway, here's the brief version of my theory of everything:

Time is infinite both forwards and backwards, and you can think of it as a river that flows in every direction at once. It may or may not flow at a constant rate, but whenever anything in the universe moves, it also moves down the timeline both forwards and backwards (depending if there is a constant flow of time or not, objects completely at rest may not move through time at all).

For the purposes of this theory, I will only deal with our perception of this time (which is a semi-constant forward flow).

When we move, time moves slower for us. This has been proven to be true—although until you approach light speed it's a very small difference. I say this is because we are flowing down this "river of time" no matter what direction we move, and as we go faster, less time passes us, and therefore it appears to go faster for everyone around us (i.e. you watch a clock while moving at almost the speed of light while also looking at your watch—the watch says 30 seconds have elapsed when 60 seconds have elapsed on the clock). Einstein theorized that it was impossible to pass the speed of light, but I say that it is not.

Now, I introduce "chaos universes," or alternate universes. For every possibility and combination thereof that ever existed, an alternate universe exists to accomodate it. If you decide to order a coke instead of a pepsi, then another universe springs up where you order a pepsi instead of a coke.

My theory is that upon passing the speed of light, you actually begin to move backwards in time. However, since all the observers (or possible observers—it doesn't matter if anyone actually watched you exceed the speed of light) already have it in their memory that another space shuttle did not move backwards as the first one moved forwards, another universe must be created to accomodate this, and in this universe, the shuttle seems to do just that to all observers (or possible observers). When he cuts the engine he's stuck in this universe, but can travel to another one if he exceeds the speed of light again (note that these alternate universes have no differences in them except that two shuttles and shuttle captains exist).

Alternately, it may also be that exceeding the speed of light removes you from other humans' perception, and they can't sense you as you move backwards through time. If this is the case, then it may very well be that there is another version of our planet that runs backwards, complete with life that perceives time opposite of our perception.

Now, "everything" comes from a single point in time. This single point in time is both the beginning and the end of it—even though time is infinite both ways. This impossible point in time is infinite, as every chaos universe (and our own) originates from it and ends at it.

Screw energy and matter, the secret to everything lies in time, I know it.

journyman161 · 06-14-2005, 04:15 AM

Quick aside 'cos my food is nearly ready. Actually Einstein says we don't know what happens at the SoL because the equations break down. We already know the SoL can be breached. Tachyons have a rest mass of zero at SoL.

I be BaacK!

mammamaia · 06-14-2005, 09:39 AM

hodge... what's NOT clear is what the original question-poser meant... you are only guessing at what you think he/she refers to and answering your 'guess'... which may not actually be the question being asked... get it?