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Big Bang Theory CERN (pg. 4)
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| Dr. Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
The big bang IS proved to have been an event that occurred already.
There is all kinds of evidence. |
You can't prove anything in science, only in math. Science deals with approximations (ie. theories) |
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| Jem_hadar |
Oh, and btw: This is AWESOME!
Thank you so much for sharing this.
Fascinating as hell. <3 |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
I hope that thing opens up a hole in space and dragons spill out. |
Chromatic or metallic dragons, Cale?
Bc personally, Id not want evil chromatic dragons flying around the world.
Having some good metallic ones, though, would be so cool! |
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| English Rachel |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Don't worry guys. If this thing ends existence as we know it then it'll be instant. We won't even notice it. |
He's right |
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| Xavier Moriarty |
| quote: | Originally posted by Pett
its would suck hard if they blow up the world
i think the odds of it happening are like 0.000000001% chance or something |
some nerds from wilfried laurier university in waterloo were actually working on Large Hadron Collider project. i overheard them in jane bond, started drinking with them and they told me that theres actually 3% chance that universe will collapse on itself (or something along those lines).
ing nerds |
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| Dr. Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xavier Moriarty
some nerds from wilfried laurier university in waterloo were actually working on Large Hadron Collider project. i overheard them in jane bond, started drinking with them and they told me that theres actually 3% chance that universe will collapse on itself (or something along those lines).
ing nerds |
they go to laurier, therefore they don't know |
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| evil_cookie |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
My question....what if it doesn't prove the Big Bang Theory. Then what? |
This experiment isn’t aimed at “proving” the big bang theory—we already know that it happened. The focus with Atlas is to understand what happens to particular particles when they collide at these speeds; such was the case when the big bang occurred.
| quote: | Originally posted by Dr. Z
You can't prove anything in science, only in math. Science deals with approximations (ie. theories) |
lol wtf? you have no idea what you're talking about do you?
Mathematics is applied physics. |
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| Dr. Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by evil_cookie
This experiment isn’t aimed at “proving” the big bang theory—we already know that it happened. The focus with Atlas is to understand what happens to particular particles when they collide at these speeds; such was the case when the big bang occurred.
lol wtf? you have no idea what you're talking about do you?
Mathematics is applied physics. |
So is counting profit I earn from options in the stock market Applied Physics as well?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science#Scientific_method
Read the first sentence and note the last word in that paragraph. |
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| MarkT |
I wish I could remember the details, and can't find anything online, but...
I'm sure there was someone on the Daily Show (or maybe Colbert? another show???) within the last 2-3 of months who was either involved in with this project or some sort of authority in the field.
Funny moment was when he was asked "so basically what could, in theory, happen is that we'll create a black hole centred right here that will swallow up the earth and our entire solar system".
response was something like "uh, yes, that theoretically could happen".
LOL |
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| evil_cookie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dr. Z
So is counting profit I earn from options in the stock market Applied Physics as well?
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Physics and its prime forces: gravity, electromagnetism, weak nuclear force, and strong nuclear force, are THE governing forces in our universe—thus, in observing the world everything is as a result of understanding our fundamental laws of physics, which when broken down provide us with other fields; like mathematics.
You wouldn’t call a chemist a biologist, but the matter of fact is, his field of study exists only because of our understanding of biology. As it stands, the same is true for physics and math. As our understanding of physics and quantum mechanics expands, so we are able to translate this understanding toward technological advances; just like we have been doing. Physics and its laws are regarded as THE governing forces for a reason...everything else comes as a result of. |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by evil_cookie
This experiment isn’t aimed at “proving” the big bang theory—we already know that it happened. The focus with Atlas is to understand what happens to particular particles when they collide at these speeds; such was the case when the big bang occurred.
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I don't know much about the big bang theory, but how do we know it happened? I thought that was the whole controversy about how the world started...some people believe God started it, others believe the big bang theory, others believe other things.... |
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| DJ_Science |
Lisa,
In extrapolating back our observations of the universe and from theoretical grounds we have good evidence for a rapid expansion of spacetime in the distant past. This is what is commonly referred to as the big bang.
There is also a distribution of radiation density in the universe which is consistent with the idea that it was once tightly packed together where quantum mechanical fluctuations would alter the energy density. Once the large expansion occurred the energy separated and was no longer flucuation however the current distribution looks very much like a magnified quantum fluctuation. This is another reason we believe the big bang occurred. Also, there is no real controversy in science about how the earth was formed. The creationists like to manufacture that idea but its a lie.
Someone mentioned earlier that science is only "theories". You have to realize that science does not use the word theory like you would in say a murder mystery. A theory is science is a self-consistent framework that not only explains all observed phenomena but also make predictions that can be confirmed by future experiment. |
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