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Lost User

Cornelius Henning wrote:

And they reckon the rate of expansion is accelerating. This is so wrong!

Wrong or not, like it or not, it is an observation.

Cornelius Henning wrote:

The laws of gravity dictate that the rate of expansion should decrease over time, not increase.

That is assuming no outside force - something we cannot know for sure. Still, it is nice to have an observation that is not as one expects. Gravity also has a limited scope, and it might not influence the expanding vacuum very much depending on where most of that mass is.

Cornelius Henning wrote:

And you think your problems with Windows 10 are important? Get your priorities right, Bubba.

I don't have any problems with Win10 - I'm running Win7 and Ubuntu :)

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Mike Hankey

Cornelius Henning wrote:

What is powering this increase in expansion rate?

Oreo's it make everything else expand. But they're so good!

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Eddy Vluggen wrote:

Cornelius Henning wrote:

And you think your problems with Windows 10 are important? Get your priorities right, Bubba.

I don't have any problems with Win10 - I'm running Win7 and Ubuntu :)

But at least there's no doubt about your name, huh Bubba? :laugh:

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Johnny J

Speaking of Oreos, I just saw this idea[^] on Facebook today. It's genious! Can't wait to try it out! :cool: Fancy an Oreo? :rolleyes:

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BillWoodruff

bummer, Dude.

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Lost User

:laugh: I should have Googled that name before posting.

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Sander Rossel

It seems your collection of drugs is decreasing and your level of intoxication is increasing... :doh:

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Lost User

Did you miss the "joke" icon?

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Sander Rossel

You still have to think of it to joke about it... :rolleyes:

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Lost User

Yes, and as a jester I jest made a little jest. :)

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OriginalGriff

Only jest...

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Lost User

Jest about! :)

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Johnny J

Jest leave it at that, please! :doh:

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Foothill

Cornelius Henning wrote:

The laws of gravity dictate that the rate of expansion should decrease over time, not increase. What is powering this increase in expansion rate?

That really depends on your personal interpretation of those laws. Since science has not, as of yet, concretely figured out what gravity is, we kinda have to decide what it is on our own. I like to rationalize the whole thing with these theories based in observation 1. The universe is absolutely crammed full of, for a lack of a better term, energy. a. Most (~95%) of this "energy" is inert (lowest possible level of entropy: think two quarks in polar balance) b. Inert "energy" interacts via the normal forces (strong, weak, etc...) c. Inert "energy" still takes up space d. Normal energy and inert energy cannot occupy the same space e. Inert "energy" is free to move about This theory attempts to explain the observations of dark matter and virtual particles 2. Gravity is the result of normal matter displacing inert energy a. The displaced inert energy pushes back and creates an effect similar to pressure b. The "pressure" is an interaction of forces (which one I haven't figured out yet) which is why the effect decreases with the distance squared c. The larger the mass of normal energy, the greater the amount of inert energy that is displaced which is why larger bodies have more gravity This theory attempts to explain what causes gravity. Gravity isn't the planet pulling us down, it's the combined weight of the local universe pushing us down. Taking this one step further, everything in this part of the universe is under "pressure." Observation tells us that pressure naturally tries to equalize itself by expanding outward. It is the universal equalization of pressure that is causing the universe to expand and that expansion to accelerate even though such expansion is contrary to the very idea of established gravitational explanations. This is all just an idea. I just happens to align with observations as well.

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OriginalGriff

You're joking!

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Lost User

OK, I'll jest get my coat and I'm outta here!

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Johnny J

Of course not, I'm ALWAYS serious, surely you know that? :rolleyes:

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jeron1

Thank goodness for the multiverse, my universe behaves just fine.

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Mark_Wallace

Yes, and they "proved" this grand theory with a total of about 9,000 observed photons. That's why we know absolutely everything there is to know about Mars, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, etc: because we get billions upon billions of observable photons from them, every minute. There's no need to research the planets at all, any more. It takes a special kind of genius to do astronomy get research grants.

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matblue25

Actually, the "laws of gravity" (i.e., General Relativity) say nothing about whether the universe should be expanding or contracting. Depending on the amount of mass/energy in the universe, it could be expanding and accelerating, contracting or expanding but not accelerating. Since the exact distribution of matter/energy is not known, any of those solutions is still possible. Measurements of distant supernovae in the past 15 years or so seem to indicate expanding and accelerating.