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man, PBS rocks. Anyone see the documentry on string theory? I only caught the first one... there are a couple parts to it... PBS is just damn awesome. |
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Pubic Ball-hair Syndrome? |
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HA- oh wait. That wasnt clever :-P |
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I failed in being clever :-(((( |
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Well if its a syndrome then count me INFECTED! hah... but yeah PBS is pretty cool, I've caught some cool documentaries about undersea life there.. Do you mean string theory as in like "strings" instruments like cellos and violins, or is this something else? |
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string theory, as in quantum physics...theory of the universe... |
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please explain some details, as I'm quite interested in philosofical astronomy (seriously) |
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well, I only saw the first part of the show... but like, string theory trys to bring einstiens theory of relativity, and make it work with another theory (forget the name). The theory is that the smallest particales in the universe are these things called.. strings. And actually, they do vibrate... and according to how the vibrate, dictates their function, or something like that. I dont know... its really complex... but they were saying that if they could actually prove it, then we could understand the universe. But the problem is... that the strings are so incredibly small... its hard to prove they exist. *shrug* I really want to see the other episode(s?) |
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It's kinda hard to imagine reading about this from the board. Sounds interesting though. I am very interested in black holes (of the universe type), especially the singularity thing and just the principle of gravity so big it actually slows down time. Wicked isn't it? |
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quantum phyisics is half the theory of the universe |
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oh now I see.. thats pretty crazy... I don't see how something can slow down time.. time is something that is relative to experience, there's no real way to measure its passage that works everywhere in the universe. Time as we know it is solely based on the revolutions of the earth. |
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(that first part was directed to zeus) |
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peanut butter sandwich |
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pbs, bbc america and hbop are the three channels i mostly watch |
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I was only partially right when I said that. Time only seemingly slows down for someone who would watch something being attracted by a black hole. The gravity of a black hole is so enormous that it even attracts photons (= light). According to Einstein's theory going faster than light would mean you'd be going forward in time. Supposed you'd fly into a black hole with someone observing you from a safe distance: As you get closer and closer to the horizon*, the light that you're emitting takes longer and longer to climb back out to reach the observer. In fact, the radiation you emit right as you cross the horizon will hover right there at the horizon forever and never reach him/her. You've long since passed through the horizon, but the light signal telling her that won't reach the observing person for an infinitely long time. *horizon = point after which you cannot esacpe singularity**, unless you travel faster than light in opposite direction **singularity = center of a black hole where mass and gravity are infinite Call me a geek, but these things interest me very much. |
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^all old news. what i dont get is how you can say you love a whole channel because you liked one show on it. |
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www.superstringtheory.com |
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yup.. I loved that.. when's the next segment on |
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these things make you demented when you think about it.. its quite interested i read a lot of those books... it slips out of my mind a week after i read it tho its too tough to understand and memorize |
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That's what makes it so damn fascinating IMO. Trying to comprehend something that is completely devoid of the principles and laws as we know them. It's surreal. I am seriously considering ordering a ¤50 american book called Spacetime Physics. |
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Ah, I see what you mean now... I used to talk about all this sort of stuff with a friend who goes to school in texas now, so we don't really get to talk like we used to (it's too annoying typing it all over AIM!) But the study of these things is to me the one topic I have encountered that only grows more interesting with repeated thought/discussion, not less. |
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