Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?
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Tuco
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As a layman when it comes to theoretical physics whenever I look at these kinds of incredible papers my thought is these guys fucked with known equations long enough to make an imperceptible mistake that allowed for some fuckery. In this case increasing the thickness of the ring and oscillating the bubble.
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Sentagur
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Talking about fucking with math until it all accidentally falls in place:
Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram : Nature News Comment
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There was actually a Ted talk about another theory that supposedly now explains gravity with only 10 dimensions. Where the universe as we know it is quantized, so our 3rd perception is actually like little structures all coming together that matter can move through seamlessly. But there is "space" between these structures. We don't notice it because one atom is far larger than the structures, so it always occupies at least one, and we can perceive it if it does. But the reason we see things like quantum tunneling is actually because quantum particles are small enough to exist momentarily outside of a one of these quantized pieces of space.
Anyway, the big aspect of the theory was that when energy crushes these packets together or pushes them apart, you get the phenomenon we see like gravity. So gravity is just a natural product of space bending (As Einstein said) but by looking at it like this, it also explains the quantum stuff.
I have no idea if it's bullshit or not, but it was an interesting Ted talk, as a layman, it felt pretty plausible.
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I have a sock that probably proves I qualify for the X-men if this is the case.
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take the formula for gravity created by Newton
and do some test. You will see that no matter how far, gravity will always influence an object. It's a formula that can't reach "zero".
the Earth/moon system. The Solar system. Our own galaxy. The Virgo supercluster of galaxies we are part of.....it doesnt matter. Gravity is felt. Even at millions of light years away
Even you, in this very istant, are having effect on the Andromeda galaxy for example. However, you low mass and the huge distance makes this force impossibly small
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I haven't watched Lithose video yet but let me be very specific in what I mean. The equation you brought up describes the way in which gravity affects objects but it doesn't describe why.take the formula for gravity created by Newton
and do some test. You will see that no matter how far, gravity will always influence an object. It's a formula that can't reach "zero".
the Earth/moon system. The Solar system. Our own galaxy. The Virgo supercluster of galaxies we are part of.....it doesnt matter. Gravity is felt. Even at millions of light years away
Even you, in this very istant, are having effect on the Andromeda galaxy for example. However, you low mass and the huge distance makes this force impossibly small
I get why when I push a pencil it moves because at some level my hand's molecules are bumping into the pencil's molecules. I don't understand the physics that cause that pencil to be drawn to my hand without me touching it. It's as if there are nearly infinite strings factorially attached to every particle in the universe, pulling them to one another. But there are no strings. At least none that we know of. That shit blows my mind.
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The exact why hasn't been figured out yet. I believe that's the last piece of the quantum puzzle and why the Higgs boson is so important. Confirmation of this boson will explain how gravitational force is transmitted.
<-----Not a physicist, I understand maybe 1% of this shit.
<-----Not a physicist, I understand maybe 1% of this shit.
iannis
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Yeah, at this point the answer to that question is basically either "Because" or "It's a primal force, yo". Sometimes that's a good enough answer tbh, not all knowledge is relevant or even worthwhile. But in this case it is not good enough as there are observable phenomena which are completely inexplicable and an understanding what the fuck is going on will necessarily result in a better understanding of what the fuck is going on if not an improved mastery of the subject of study. Hopefully the 2nd part too but the 1st part is the more important bit.
