TheTramp 139 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 I am old, of Irish heritage and clarity of mind and have the benefit of pre comprehensive education with no college follow up, a long career in scrapyards and jobs that required little input which brought much thinking time so I can assure you all, 1 there is no such thing as time, 2 the gravity we experience is the opposite of what is really operating, 3 the Universe is truly infinitely large. This is difficult to comprehend even for the best scientific mind but anyone may be able to glimpse the truth. If you can believe in the infinitely large then you must accept that things can be infinitely small. I have not noticed any great scientist admit this. Stop this reading of The New Scientist and National Geographic and get happy as only Red Indians and cats know how. I wish you all many summers. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 A healthy attitude you have there Mr Tramp. I find that reading New scientist and other scientific stuff, is thought provoking, rather than giving all the answers and explanations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 #26 Well, that's one view. I believe time exists and it runs out. When we can discover how to resurrect the dead, I might think differently. I think many can understand the concept of infinity and the opposite, it's not too difficult. I do not get your meaning concerning gravity. The greatest scientific advances have been achieved through the absolute dedication of those who believed, often against ridicule, that they were right. Sometimes luck played a part, but those scientists responsible for ground-breaking changes to civilisation did not get there with a laissez faire approach. Nice to be a Red Indian or a cat and just let world flow by though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html There's a black hole coming your way. Watch the video on webcam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 I've had a bet with my wife that the LHC will discover dark matter next, she says it'll be dark energy, DE is a bit of an outsider I think.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 A close friend had his contribution to the LHC recognised a few months ago. His name kept cropping up in the papers to do with Super conducting magnets. He worked on these as a physicist in South Africa and his design made it possible for the units to be serviced. My friend has no egotistic or mercenary traits, so his work went unsung for over 2 decades. Last month he was recognised at last and invited to visit the LHC all expenses paid and given VIP treatment. That is all he wanted.and he didn't even ask for that! He does my brain in on a weekly basis trying to put particle theory into simple terms. Fortunately he is a very humorous scouser with many redeeming qualities. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted April 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 # 31. Sounds like an interesting bloke. I'm fascinated by superconductors & super-fluids & other quantum weirdness. My Wife thinks I'm potty.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 There's an article on New Scientist website called 'Can we stop killer robots?' They're coming for us, it's only a matter of when! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 There were some superconductors on Corpo buses years ago (Hazel Nutt was one) but they are all gone now. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 # 31. Sounds like an interesting bloke. I'm fascinated by superconductors & super-fluids & other quantum weirdness. My Wife thinks I'm potty.. She could have a point Colly, 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Steve, there's a dark matter lab at CPL's Boulby mine, the government forked the cost out to mine the chamber 3/4 mile below the surface. All the scientists come under the Mine Managers jurisdiction with regards to safety and rules. If you go to CPL's website, they have photos of the U/G lab. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 #35 Brilliant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted May 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Reading a book called 'Gravity's Engines' all about black holes & their place in the cosmos. I'm reading it in bed but then I can't get to sleep as I'm thinking about black holes, good read though.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 I watched an interesting program on black holes last night. (Horizon BBC 4) It touched on black holes being both relativistic & quantum physical at the same time, & the equations basically broke physics. They got multiple infinities in their answers which of course = nonsense. So as relativity & quantum physics do not seem to talk to each other then both theories must be incomplete or plain wrong. The scientists admit that this buggers things up big time. I still love black holes though. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Are you ok Colly? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 I watched an interesting program on black holes last night. (Horizon BBC 4) It touched on black holes being both relativistic & quantum physical at the same time, & the equations basically broke physics. They got multiple infinities in their answers which of course = nonsense. So as relativity & quantum physics do not seem to talk to each other then both theories must be incomplete or plain wrong. The scientists admit that this buggers things up big time. I still love black holes though. I ran this through one of those automatic translation programmes and my computer blew up. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted May 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 # 40 Benjamin, I'm sort of OK. My wife's a line dance instructor & I'm a pupil in her class: At tonight's class every time I made a mistake (I make a lot of mistake's) she said over the mike "he's got black holes going round in his head!" I set up the audio gear for her class, part way through a song the laptop conked out = silence: I'd forgotten to plug the laptop into the mains & the battery had gone flat, there was lots of shouting & fuss & black holes on my brain were blamed.. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Just finished a book about Strangeness- also covered was an explantion on charm and quark- an xmas pressie from my middle child!! - i must say from a shovel whielding sapper such as me-- particles and other matters i now understand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 # 43 Ian, Sounds an interesting book, I'll keep a look out for it at the library .... It speculates in the black hole book that the singularity of a black hole is smaller than a quark, now that is mega small.. It explained in the black hole book & on the program that 'normal' black holes are formed when a star more than 3 times the mass of the sun goes supernova, which I sort of understand. However the supermassive black holes at the centre of most galaxies are millions to billions of times the mass of the sun. Must admit I do not understand how they formed. I wonder if they formed straight from a massive gas cloud bypassing the star phase & went straight to a supermassive black hole? I think those cleverer than me will have to work that out.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 #39 I watched the same program colly. Fascinating stuff. There must have been billions spent and millions of man/computer hours of calculations done, only to result in a question mark! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 We all know that the answer to the universe and everything is 42 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I wonder if the old x53 or the clipstone flyer could take us to ngc 1277 a galaxy journey longer than that bleddy 345 bus i got to Mansfield college of Art!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Does that 345 bus go round the houses a bit then? I've heard that the 141 (used to be the B8) goes round just about every village in Notts.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Correct colly!! I grew a beard on the 141 to Clay Cross or cameroon cross i called it!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I've finished reading my book on 'Gravity's Engines' it was a very interesting read. (well it was to me ) It explains how gravity is the dominant force in the universe, even though it's the weakest by several orders of magnitude. One thing it admits it can't explain is Dark Matter & Dark Energy, the reason being no one has the slightest clue what they are. The jury isn't just out, the jury doesn't even exist. I'm thinking there is a lot more to be discovered out there in the the scientific world, a few surprises, & maybe even something we've never even imagined or thought of.. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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