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5th November 2003, 02:18 PM
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Reps: 307 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by drfeelgood I really appreciate your apology LorentzHA.  Nice of you.
Like I say: "No worries".
Thank you
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5th November 2003, 02:24 PM
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5th November 2003, 02:50 PM
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Reps: 307 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Jet Black With all this apologizing, it's time for a
That is great!  And a big hug right back to you, Mr. Black !
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5th November 2003, 04:09 PM
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Reps: 113 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by drfeelgood Our sun contains over 99% of the mass contained in the entire universe. That to me is incredible. Why our sun? Why not some other star? Our sun can hold over one million of our Earths. How is it that our star, while being so big, releases EXACTLY the right amount of energy to sustain life on our planet? Over 380 billion trillion kilowatts, the equivalent to 100 billion tons of TNT exploding each second.
Coincidence? Come on. Not even the most close-minded scientist can genuinely buy into that argument. It's there for a reason, and it's presence isn't random.
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5th November 2003, 04:11 PM
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17th December 2003, 04:10 AM
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Reps: 10 (power: 0) | | | the universe is not infinite? ok, so at some point there is this Huge brick wall. What is on the other side... Oh, theres more, another wall,, the other side... I could go on forever.. |
17th December 2003, 04:25 AM
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"Entire solar system" and "entire universe" are very, very, different.
Our solar system (planets, asteroids, and sun all together) are one of hundreds of thousands within our galaxy, which is one of many galaxies.
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17th December 2003, 05:06 AM
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Reps: 16,712 (power: 43) | | Originally Posted by zacjojac the universe is not infinite? ok, so at some point there is this Huge brick wall. What is on the other side... Oh, theres more, another wall,, the other side... I could go on forever..
an infinite universe is one possibility, a closed universe is another. It depends on the geometry of the universe.
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17th December 2003, 09:44 AM
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if this were true, there wouldn't be life anywhere...
or better yet, there wouldn't be life on that 1% left over ...
plus you would have to fit all the other stars and black holes withing that 1% as well...
that'd be a really really big sun ::sweating::
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17th December 2003, 09:54 AM
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Reps: 307 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by zacjojac the universe is not infinite? ok, so at some point there is this Huge brick wall. What is on the other side... Oh, theres more, another wall,, the other side... I could go on forever..
It is believed that the Universe may be curved or even curve back on itself. They do not believe it is planar or extends forever. Some think our known Universe, with its billions of galaxies, may be a small part of something much larger.
__________________ None of the gods love wisdom or desire to become wise, for they are wise already -- nor if someone else is wise, do they love wisdom. Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful nor sensible think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.
Plato, Symposium 203E-204A
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