Smiffy49 590 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I always wonder how nature has somehow caused us to develop into beings who can think and ask questions of ourselves about the universe and time etc etc. A bit weird really, over time we have been cleverly formed from the basic bits & pieces of the universe into a set of clever bits & pieces that end up thinking about the original bits & pieces.... On that thought I going to take the dogs for a walk, I wonder if they think about it? One of the dogs is called Alfie, I'll ask him if he knows what it's all about...... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Colly me old mate.........have you thought about having a look at that one in 'Calcutta' and you 'Smiffy' lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 # 52 Benjamin. Nope never thought of looking at that black hole, it might suck me in & I'd never be seen again.. # 51 Smithy. I often wonder why we're the only species that have evolved to ask these questions. Does a cat or dog wonder what the stars are when they look at the sky? They'd probably spit or bark at them not knowing that the stars would never hear them because of the vacuum of space.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 'We might be lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking up at the stars'. A little philosophical gem from Oscar Wilde. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I always wonder how nature has somehow caused us to develop into beings who can think and ask questions of ourselves about the universe and time etc etc. You can sometimes see people in certain parts of Nottingham who may not yet have reached that stage 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Re #54 been there a few times chulla. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 I remember when I was only nine or ten, sitting in a classroom looking out of the window and wondering - for the first time - whether I was really there or was all my life a dream, and how could I know for certain one way or another. It was such an original thought for me that the moment is still fresh in my memory. Of course, I later found out that everyone/most people? have had that same thought at some time in their lives. I still love thinking about 'Life, the Universe and Everything' but have managed to make more sense of it now, through my belief in a Creator. So despite the vastness of space and the complexity/uncertainty of life here on earth, I believe there is a purpose to it all... 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Margie !!!! I am not alone at last . My rationale is that i am on a bus facing backwards looking out the rear windscreen and that i am viewing my life thats has already happened- herself says i should take more water with it. I have had the same thoughts as you- Collie i am fascinated by dark matter and am uncertain too. I have a theory that there is stuff- invisable barbs tearing around the place. Another thing- how come i can exactly remember a conversation with Jimmy Guthrie in 1971 in the toilets at the Cathedral youth club whilst Wet Dream by Max Romeo was playing? No point anyone saying "get a life Ian"- i have lived it already!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 #56 colly. Were the stars you saw as a result of hitting your head on the kerb on the way down? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 You will find the answer to the universe in my posting 'Chulla's Quantum Conjecture' in Owt Abaaht Note, 7 December last year. Sorry, don't know how to put the link to it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Ian, I suppose we're all sitting on a 'bus facing backwards' as we can only see what has already happened in our life, but I like the analogy. As long the Driver on my bus knows where he's going, I'm content to just enjoy the view! Have you always been a bit of a philosopher? Btw, I too can remember word for word some conversations I've had in my life and the exact situations surrounding them - I suppose they must have been significant at the time for us to remember them, even though some of them seem unimportant now. Nice to read your post... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 #59. Sorry colly, I should have aimed my remark at FLY2, not you. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony1 118 Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 4,000 of them in Blackburn, Lancashire. I think you'll find there's 10,000 Cliff Do a recount. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted June 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Some folks on the science blogs sites are getting into a tizzy, speculating that the Large Hadron Collider will produce a wimpzilla & destroy the earth & even the universe now it's running with more power. If wimpzilla's do exist, (big if, they are predicted by some theories, but they've never been observed or proved to exist) then they must have existed since the big bang & so far they haven't caused us any harm. Calm down folks.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTramp 139 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 LHC can destroy the Universe? If J Clarkson gets to know he'll want to drive the bugger!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Large Hardon Collider sounds interesting 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Wimpzilla is that a cowardly monster ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted June 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 It's the bigger brother of the WIMP. (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle) A WIMPZILLA is several orders of magnitude bigger than a WIMP, & it could (if it's ever proved to exist) explain dark matter & dark energy. All fascinating stuff.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 I've worked with a few Wimpzilla's. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Happy worldwide asteroid day my friends!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted November 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 I saw some quantum ducks.... They were going "quark quark!" I'll get me coat... 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Could you still hear the ducks when you had closed the door or had Schrodinger's cat had them? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 No Schrodinger's cat had Skinners rats then got chased by Pavlov's dog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 #73 That' rings'a bell bubblewrap!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 I've a suspicion that brains & biology in general use quantum tunneling, quantum superposition & quantum entanglement. These things seem totally impossible according to common sense & intuition in my brain, but they have all been observed to be happening. How? I have no idea but there is something weird going on in nature... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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