Recent content by mattex

Doesn't the universe annihilate when "I" annihilate? Seriously, isn't this what "quantum physics" says?

Is it possible to point a TV picture tube (ie electron gun) from an old TV set at the tungsten filiment of a light globe & produce antimatter in your home? Obviously some magnets are necessary (= hi-fi speakers??)...

When the "experts" tell us that space is not "outer space" but rather a mathematical/geometrical "metric", I think we're all in trouble. "What exactly EXPANDS? Is it 'space'? NO, it's a 'metric'!" This is ridiculous. The more I hear from physicists & mathematicians, the more I conclude to...

Man, you guys are crazy.

I wonder here, what does it take for a new "paradigm" if you will, to emerge & be taken seriously? Wouldn't ANYTHING that opposed the mainstream be instantaneously lampooned out the door? I have this awful feeling that we are stuck with the established science we have today, even if it turns out...

Well, I'm one of those poor sods who suffers this universe - something in my genes, perhaps. I've never really understood why others don't have this emotional reaction also? I've always put it down to self-denial, or something... So no, I'm not really exaggerating when I say this universe...

No, it's not increasing distance between 2 galaxies that is the problem. It is increasing distances between ALL galaxies! How can this be? Do we really know? It's damn frustrating! Nothing adds up! Does the universe curve round on itself? Or is it flat & infinite? What is going on? Why aren't...

This thread is extremely interesting...but at the end of the day, it proves one thing - that we (layperson AND scientific professional) don't really understand anything!? It all amounts to fumbling with words. What we need is a model we can picture in our heads, something we can visualize. If...

I love the sentiment, really I do, but can we have a few more sentences for us deeply disturbed laypeople? lol! Do you mean your Quantum Loop Theory? I really don't know where to start with this. Is it so new that nobody's done a "Paul Davies" with it yet? I need to picture something in my...

What is a "singularity"? I'm not sure I understand this concept? Isn't it just a "mathematical" concept, like "infinity" or "zero"? Couldn't it be equated with a similarly non-sensical concept as "God"? I know Hawking tries to eliminate the concept of a "singularity". But I'm not sure of what...

If I may be so bold as to butt in here... Robert100 is perfectly correct. The universe is EXPANDING. But we are not allowed to ask "what" it is expanding INTO! Nothingness? What is that? Russ Watters, I think, sums up the "Establishment" view with -- "Yes, it is a difficult concept to...

This is a terrific discussion! You people have certainly forced me to re-evaluate my fundamental assumptions. Yes, I suppose I was talking about a "spatial slice" of the universe - not taking into account time, or light-cones, or speed-of-light limitations, etc. I suppose what I'm really...

Thank you for the detailed response! I think my problem boils down to a basic inability to visualise/conceptualise, say, a 1D "ring" without the 2D paper it is drawn on. Likewise, a 2D spherical "surface" without any 3D "inside" or "outside". But let me play some more, maybe I'll ask more qu's...

OK, please let me begin by declaring that, YES, I have read around this topic, but I am still stumped. It continually plagues me. I even had a friend blurt out of the blue the other day, "What's with the universe? Does it just keep on going forever? Or does it stop? If so, what's beyond it?"...