Millennium Simulation: "The Largest Model of Our Universe"
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[QUOTE=saucekeg;20860176]
*Michio Kaku melts your brain*
we're a type 0 civilization :saddowns:[/QUOTE]
I thought of a scenario that would prove the existence of intelligent civilizations in the galaxy. What if Betelgeuse, the star, erupts prematurely into a supernova (which it will anyways in the next 10,000 years). The eruption is seen by scientists on earth, but suddenly it is stopped by an unknown force. This would be evidence of a type 2 or type 3 civilization stopping or slowing its detonation. Of course, we would probably all be dead if we saw it erupt, since we are within the blast range.
[QUOTE=exhale77;20879067]I don't want to sound like a religious nut, but maybe god DID create the universe? People do say that there has to probably be a more intelligent being to create the universe. Now for scientific replies bringing me down. :patriot:[/QUOTE]
big bang
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who said that an intelligent being had to create the universe other than creationists
I think a type 4 civilization would have to be inter-dimensional because it's the only thing I can think of that would be more powerful than controlling multiple galaxies, this kind of civilization would be able to control universes, create their own physics, live on forever, and there would be no sex culture. Sex would be too time consuming and wouldn't feel as good as the future feel good activities, like vector calculus.
[QUOTE=Xystus234;17963465][img]http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/14/science/0815-sci-webSCIILLO.jpg[/img]
Interesting. We're self-important particles in God's brain.[/QUOTE]
When I read that I felt the pit of my stomach. Interesting thought i'll hand it to you.
Is anyone watching that series called "Wonders of our solar system" its pritty interesting. Like the fact that the sun was not always there.
Anyone ever watch a TV show where someone says something to the effect of "I've traveled all across the universe" I mean, come on, do you really expect us to believe that? Even if you are 945 years old, and could pop in and out of existence in time and space wherever and whenever you wanted, you wouldn't be able to traverse the entire universe. It's just too damn big.
[QUOTE=abigserve;16856920]and thus, mankind did look upon the heavens and he saw not but god and not but salvation but the vast emptiness found only within the confines of reality[/QUOTE]
That's deep. Whose it from?
space is so awesome
And to think that the Universe theoretically is only one in an infinite amount of universes in THIS multiverse.
I'd love to live on a planet that has a cycle around VY Canis Majoris.
Love those stars.
VY Canis Majoris, fuck yeah.
[QUOTE=christarpv2;14146543]there HAS to be another life form out there somewhere[/QUOTE]
[img]http://i40.tinypic.com/xmj47c.jpg[/img]
No I think we're the only intelligent form of life in this entire galaxy.
[quote=christarpv2]there HAS to be another life form out there somewhere[/quote]
Read the Super Creepy Unexplained Broadcasts Megathread, the wow signal is awesome, along with UVB-76 (uvb-76 is sort of unrelated but i had to mention it)
Holy flying fuck that is cool
YV Canis Majoris is sooo awesome. I heard about it last year, I was amazed off its size.
I think the number of planets that can support life is actually much larger than we think.
Whenever we look for "life supporting planets", we look for planets that would support carbon-based creatures like ourselves. We look for things like water and moderate temperatures.
However, there can be species out there that are based on silicon and/or other elements. Perhaps there are species out there that aren't even visible to us, they could exist in a spectrum of light that we can't even see. They might not need water or moderate temperatures to survive.
I find it funny that a lot of people that believe there is other life out there tell people that don't that they are anthropocentric. I think it's pretty anthropocentric to assume all life in the universe has to be similar to life on our planet and has to abide by the same rules.
to keep this kind of data this you must have a Yottabyte!!!
kilobyte
megabyte
gigabyte
terabyte
petabyte
exabyte <== the WHOLE internet is 500 Exabyte
zettabyte <== if you connect EVERY HDD of the world to eachother you still don't have enough to reach this amount
yottabyte
[img]http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/files/2009/11/blog-infographic-yottabyte-size.jpg[/img]
so.. to keep the universe we need to spare some money
I have a question - is Milky Way in the centre of Universe?
All this - space, matter, energy. I can't even imagine what kind of life lies beyond our existance, what our space neighbours will look like. My mind reached it's limits on imagination. MY next attempts will make me paranoid.
If that star at the end, the biggest one was to go supernova, would that destroy everything?.
[QUOTE=Kilowolf;20922534]I have a question - is Milky Way in the centre of Universe?
All this - space, matter, energy. I can't even imagine what kind of life lies beyond our existance, what our space neighbours will look like. My mind reached it's limits on imagination. MY next attempts will make me paranoid.[/QUOTE]
The Milky Way is as much the center of the Universe as the Earth is the center of the solar system.
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[QUOTE=angrykid8;20923048]If that star at the end, the biggest one was to go supernova, would that destroy everything?.[/QUOTE]
No, the Galaxy is bigger then you think.
[QUOTE=Kilowolf;20922534]I have a question - is Milky Way in the centre of Universe?
All this - space, matter, energy. I can't even imagine what kind of life lies beyond our existance, what our space neighbours will look like. My mind reached it's limits on imagination. MY next attempts will make me paranoid.[/QUOTE]
As far as we can tell, the universe has no center.
Well, unless you count the point from which the universe expanded, but if you refer to the occupiable space in the universe, (we are pretty sure) there is no center at all.
[QUOTE=livelonger12;14147090]We are the only intelligent species that is capable of civilization, that exists. There are no aliens.[/QUOTE]
And we would know because we've visited every single star in the universe.
[QUOTE=Hivemind;14147134]Just wow. I am always astonished by the sheer size of our universe. In numbers of stars, our entire solar system is to the universe what a grain of said is to the earth. In terms of volume, this is an absolutely astronomically large overestimate of our importance.[/QUOTE]
More like 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001th a grain of salt to VY Canis Majoris.
Space is infinite, we're a universe making up a much more massive universe, making up a much more massive universe, making up a much more massive universe, making up a much more massive universe, etc etc.
At least what I genuinely believe. I should know...
...I am a doctor, after all.
Amazing!
[URL=http://filesmelt.com/][IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Local_galaxy_filaments_2.gif[/IMG][/URL]
Makes you feel small doesn't it.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;14146658]We are.
[img]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/ichingcarpenter/you_are_here_galaxy.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
You got 31 disagrees to 8 agrees.
Really shows how :downs: people are.
[QUOTE=Raxas;20945637]As far as we can tell, the universe has no center.
Well, unless you count the point from which the universe expanded, but if you refer to the occupiable space in the universe, (we are pretty sure) there is no center at all.[/QUOTE]
Well the center of the universe depends on the observer.
Human lifespans are like mayflies compared to the universe. Nothing about it is going to change noticeably over the course of any one person's life.
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