Also known in some cultures as Food for Thought! Bonus snack day.
People say that the universe is curved. This is often called one of the most beautiful true statements ever thought up. If it is true, then that means that both space and time are curved. One of the most interesting things things about a curve is the fact that, in order to be a curve, a curve must have no lines in it. Since a line is made of infinite points between two specific points, and as a curve has no lines, it cannot have infinite points between those two points. However, as the universe curves back into itself, if you were to go in one direction for a extended period of time, that is to say, if you went in a straight line, you would eventually return to that point. In other words, while the universe isn't infinite, the space inside the universe is.
What explanation can there be? Since there cannot be a line in the curve of the universe, and yet if you go in a line in one direction, you will return to your original location, one can only assume that there is only one point to begin with. In other words, there is no space - just a single dot on a piece of graphing paper.
And, as todays special bonus, we'll take it a bit further. We have been talking exclusively of space. The universe, however, is made of spacetime, so what we stated before about space must also be true about time. In other words, there is only one point of time. Therefore, it can't have been almost nine months since my last post, because there is only the now, and never any other time!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
"Why not?" III
Simple answers to tricky questions, part three.
Q: Will they find the Higgs Boson?
A: Unfortunately not. Too many god damn cosmic sparrows flying around.
Q: If there was a train going the speed of light, and on that train was a smaller train, and that train went forwards at any speed, what would happen?
A: Suddenly an alpaca out of freaking nowhere.
Q: Where did viruses come from?
A: Spain.
Q: When will first contact be made?
A: According to my calculations, assuming current rate of ocean pollution and youtube account activation, presuming that Hubbles constant is below 124, and forgetting the fourth decimal place in the equation giving the value of Saturn's mass, right about the 16th of January, 2014. Be there.
Q: Who watches the watchman?
A: A guy in West Virginia called Scott Martez.
Q: Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
A: Not since November, but occasional when use are on be some orangutans.
Q: Where have you been all this time? It's been two months since your last post!
A: Yes, yes, I know my millions of readers have been put out by my lack of activity. Thanks y'all for all those hundreds of concerned comments, but I've been busy. And I'm back now, baby!
Q: Will they find the Higgs Boson?
A: Unfortunately not. Too many god damn cosmic sparrows flying around.
Q: If there was a train going the speed of light, and on that train was a smaller train, and that train went forwards at any speed, what would happen?
A: Suddenly an alpaca out of freaking nowhere.
Q: Where did viruses come from?
A: Spain.
Q: When will first contact be made?
A: According to my calculations, assuming current rate of ocean pollution and youtube account activation, presuming that Hubbles constant is below 124, and forgetting the fourth decimal place in the equation giving the value of Saturn's mass, right about the 16th of January, 2014. Be there.
Q: Who watches the watchman?
A: A guy in West Virginia called Scott Martez.
Q: Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
A: Not since November, but occasional when use are on be some orangutans.
Q: Where have you been all this time? It's been two months since your last post!
A: Yes, yes, I know my millions of readers have been put out by my lack of activity. Thanks y'all for all those hundreds of concerned comments, but I've been busy. And I'm back now, baby!
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