OK, I know it's difficult to move a star. But I'm trying to write some science fiction here and I want to make sure I'm consistent with astronomy and cosmology.
Now assume that over the next billion years we completely colonize the galaxy and we're all cooperative and stuff. What would be the...
I'm sorry if someone's asked something like this but I couldn't read all 10 pages (so far) of this post.
Assuming the universe is finite, do we know what will happen when our observable universe becomes the whole universe?
In what ways does the balloon analogy break down at and after that...
I'm looking for a list of "natural" frames of reference on the cosmic scale. Something that can be used as "the" frame of reference for everyone in the universe that isn't arbitrary.
So let's brainstorm about some potential candidates. The more the better. If need be, start with an idea and...
edit: Oh nuts, embarrassing typo. Should be "...rearranged in terms of y"
Ok, I swear this isn't homework but if it seems too much like homework I'm happy to have it moved there.
So I need to be able to find x given y in:
y = 1/(1+x)^x
Possibly important:
y will always be between 0 and 1 and...
I'm not exactly sure that I do, but for your sake (you're more likely right than me in this case) why don't we make amount of time for the collision to end the variable T. If it matters we can assume that T is very short.
I see what you mean. But what if the bar doesn't stop? Is there a way based on density or something to calculate the acceleration change on contact? I've also said that they are completely solid, so imagine something closer to steel than a sack feathers. It seems that to get the acceleration...
Assume I am holding a bar parallel to the ground. I let go of the bar and it lands on something at an arbitrary point on the bar before it hits the ground. How much force is dealt to the object (and bar)?
This is the problem, but I'm going to simplify it to make a calculation possible. First...
I have three things to say.
1) Wow, I started this thread 11 months ago and forgot about it! I wish I had kept up as it went.
2) This may not bring any comfort, but there is a way in which the universe could be determined and you can make choices. Let's say I flip a coin to make a choice...
Metaphysics restricts and tells us about epistemology. Ethics is based on metaphysics and likely epistemology if mental states etc are of value. But epistomology tells us what and how we we can know about metaphysics so it's kind of odd in that way.
Are you looking for something similar to...
Let's say I have a stationary object that gets hit on a flat edge by a sharp point of a moving object. Assume that the moving object also has an linear and angular momentum. Assume that the objects have uniform density, there is no deformation, no friction, and that the collision is ellastic...
Hi, I like your first post Sintwar.
I have a few questions and comments:
"I have a theory that the force of existence is infinite" - sounds cool but what do you mean?
There are very different ideas about what God is. There is the miracle God from the Bible and other religious stories and...
I don't think you can ever say there is nothing before something because using the word "before" in this way doesn't make sense. This is because the word "before" is time dependant and time can't exist at the same time as nothing because time is something. So what makes up the universe would be...
First of all, I agree with almost everything you've said. But you say I'm looking at someone else's view of what's right but I have always been saying it's what I believe is right. Again, I don't believe that I am doing enough, according to what I believe.
I want to add one thing about...
I am not trying to say everyone would go through the same thought process. I think most people wouldn't. But I do think people can relate to this and might get something out of it.
I was the one who said what I'm doing isn't enough and I believe that I am not doing enough. I don't really think...