We are all doomed

Lost User

Jest about! :)

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Johnny J

Jest leave it at that, please! :doh:

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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time

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.

if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); } Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016

OriginalGriff

You're joking!

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Lost User

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

Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

Johnny J

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

Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time

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.

MuThink

The energy emitted from stars is powering this expansion of space. Dark matter, may also be emitting dark energy and adding to this expansion. We don't understand gravity. The assumption is that it attracts on the universal scale, but this may be a misconception.

Charles Programmer

Boycott those Oreos. The CEO of Nabisco is moving the Oreos plant south of the border, axing all the jobs in Chicago due to her own greed.

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Executives at Mondelēz, the parent company of Nabisco, are planning to fire 600 people in Chicago who make Oreos and other beloved snack food products as Mondelēz moves production to a factory out of the country. There’s no reason this has to happen. Even though Mondelēz CEO Irene Rosenfeld made more than $21 million in 2014, she still demanded the people who work at its factory in Chicago take a 60 percent pay and benefit cut. But when they didn’t agree, she decided to cut their jobs.

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To add insult to injury, CEO Irene Rosenfeld received a $6 million raise in 2014 but is asking the men and women who make her company run to take life-altering pay and benefits cuts! In fact, she’s been paid over $170 million in compensation over the last eight years. And still, the dedicated employees at the Chicago plant are being told that it’s up to them to save the company money or lose their jobs

Somehow, I think she could save the company a lot more money than the employees would. I hate sociopaths like her.

Munchies_Matt

Good point, I didn't know it was accelerating! That pretty much rules out space travel then. :( As for why? God knows.... ;P

Basildane

The thing is, the entire observable universe is accelerating away... FROM US. Maybe they know something.

Lost User

Hear! Hear!

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rguilmette

Damn, and I was thinking this thread was about the DOOM game ReBoot from ID. :(

DerekT P

I'm serious too, and don't call me surely.

DerekT P

I thought space was curved? If so then everything probably is speeding up, since it'll all be round the other side by now and actually getting closer to itself again (we're just looking the wrong way). Eventually it'll all meet up again in a 2nd big bang. Hopefully not just quite yet.

Munchies_Matt

Who can blame them when we are incapable of stopping the power hungry taking power?

Munchies_Matt

Could be!

Basildane

The whole fabric of the space-time continuum is not merely curved, it is in fact totally bent.