Original Message: ----------------- From: Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:33:41 -0800 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Endless Universe Made Possible By New Model
Rob wrote: > AFAICT it is all meta-physics and only nominally related to reality as > we know it. > Like Charlie, I am not a physicist. Unlike Charlie, I have even less > background to speculate from. So if anyone has even specks that might > edify me I would be interested. I find the whole idea of "where > spacetime/reality comes from" to be fascinating, and discussions of > such to be entertaining. > Endlessly useless, but entertaining.<G> >I probably have less expertise than either of you, but though I probably should just >believe the experts, I can't get rid of my skepticism concerning the Big Bang. >Everywhere we look, from the microscopic to the vastness of space, we see constructs >that are orbital in nature and that together with other constructs of similar size are >the building blocks for the next larger construct. Actually, atoms, protons, neutrons, pions, etc. are not orbital in nature. >Atoms, solar systems, galaxies. Are we so sure that the galaxies and other constructs >we observe in space aren't part of some fantastically, unimaginably large construct >that is itself just one of many? Isn't it egotistical to place ourselves at the center >of the universe in this respect? Why egotistical? Science is not about uncovering mysteries and truths, it's about modeling observation. The Big Bang does a very good job of that. There are lotsa cross correlations with other observations, there is a tremendous amount of data that are consistant with the Big Bang., etc. Finally, what if Wheeler is right about the universe. :-) Dan M. -- Doug Spellcheck complete maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
