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Topic	tfw quantum mechanics contradicts relativity
BB mofo 09/05/17 12:59:20 PM #44:	DawkinsNumber4 posted... How do you know the universe is actually an extremely large scale and not an extremely small scale? As in, why do you know that there are not unfathomable numbers of greater scales than our universe? We don't know. The Cosmological Principal assumes the laws of physics and physical constants are the same even in the areas of the universe we see but are now causally disconnected from. At large scales, this should be seen as a smoothing of the visible universe. It's an assumption we have to make if we are able to do any theoretical science. We have to assume the universe is playing "fair" with us. Yes it's faith, but the alternative is to throw our hands in the air and give up. Otherwise, we would never have a Theory of Everything. Fractal Flow wasn't something that someone just came up with out of thin air. Someone found a particular solution to the inflation model and said, "hey, mathematically this inflation process could go on forever, and in fact there are regions that demand it should go on forever. Also, it resembles a fractal." They weren't looking for a multiverse, they just stumbled on the possibility while trying to explain an observed phenomenon. Kind of like what happened with Black holes and Einstein's equations. --- "But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?" -Mark Twain <cite>BB mofo posted [p:886065147] in tfw quantu... [t:75735177]...</cite> <quote><cite>DawkinsNumber4 posted...</cite> <quote>How do you know the universe is actually an extremely large scale and not an extremely small scale? As in, why do you know that there are not unfathomable numbers of greater scales than our universe?</quote> We don't know. The Cosmological Principal assumes the laws of physics and physical constants are the same even in the areas of the universe we see but are now causally disconnected from. At large scales, this should be seen as a smoothing of the visible universe. It's an assumption we have to make if we are able to do any theoretical science. We have to assume the universe is playing "fair" with us. Yes it's faith, but the alternative is to throw our hands in the air and give up. Otherwise, we would never have a Theory of Everything. Fractal Flow wasn't something that someone just came up with out of thin air. Someone found a particular solution to the inflation model and said, "hey, mathematically this inflation process could go on forever, and in fact there are regions that demand it should go on forever. Also, it resembles a fractal." They weren't looking for a multiverse, they just stumbled on the possibility while trying to explain an observed phenomenon. Kind of like what happened with Black holes and Einstein's equations. --- "But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?" -Mark Twain</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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