aayo..Funny Games changed my perception of the world. Hence, NO ESTIMATION.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:59 PM, sreenivas v.p <[email protected]>wrote: > if u want fun, help me clarifying one of my long standing doubt . > i was travelling in a bus from mumbai to pune . inside the bus , it is > written in a poster > like this " *Everything is possible*" . > > but even after reading that poster repeatedly , i could not convince myself > that everything is possible . everytime i say "everything is possible ", the > impossibility of something haunted me . > after reaching pune , i asked my friends . some people including me felt > that it is better to say " *nothing is impossible* " but some were of the > opinion that " everything is possible " gives more confidence . > we even discussed this with a professor of philosophy in delhi university > but nobody could reach an agreement . > this may see very silly to u but i am still confused . > > > > > > > > --- On *Thu, 2/4/09, damodar prasad <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: damodar prasad <[email protected]> > Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Was Einstein Wrong? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 7:45 PM > > > sorry, over-estimate! > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:45 PM, damodar prasad > <[email protected]<http://in.mc87.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I don't want to underestimate you, sreenivas. Have fun! >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:37 PM, sreenivas v.p >> <[email protected]<http://in.mc87.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi Damodar , >>> >>> I wrote that as an introduction , I think three theories changed our >>> perception about ourselves and the universe . >>> 1. Theory of relativity >>> 2. Marxism >>> 3. darwin's theory of evolution . >>> the world before these men of genius has no singificance . >>> >>> >>> >>> --- On *Thu, 2/4/09, damodar prasad >>> <[email protected]<http://in.mc87.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> >* wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: damodar prasad >>> <[email protected]<http://in.mc87.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > >>> Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: Was Einstein Wrong? >>> To: >>> [email protected]<http://in.mc87.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 7:16 PM >>> >>> >>> Srinivas, >>> >>> *like Marxism , another theory that changed our perception about the >>> world was Einstein's theory of relativity . >>> >>> did you write the above sentence? or the sydney team.. >>> >>> >>> * On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:57 PM, sreenivas v.p < >>> [email protected]<http://in.mc87.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> * It outhrown the newtonian conception of the world and lead >>>> to revolutionary discoveries in the study of the universe . But was >>>> Einstein wrong ? * >>>> *See the below report . * >>>> >>>> SYDNEY -- A team of Australian scientists has proposed that the speed of >>>> light may not be a constant, a revolutionary idea that could unseat one of >>>> the most cherished laws of modern physics -- Einstein's theory of >>>> relativity. >>>> The team, led by theoretical physicist Paul Davies of Sydney's Macquarie >>>> University, say it is possible that the speed of light has slowed over >>>> billions of years. >>>> If so, physicists will have to rethink many of their basic ideas about >>>> the laws of the universe. >>>> "That means giving up the theory of relativity and E-mc squared and all >>>> that sort of stuff," Davies told Reuters. >>>> "But of course it doesn't mean we just throw the books in the bin, >>>> because it's in the nature of scientific revolution that the old theories >>>> become incorporated in the new ones." >>>> Davies, and astrophysicists Tamara Davis and Charles Lineweaver from the >>>> University of New South Wales published the proposal in the August 8 >>>> edition >>>> of scientific journal *Nature.* (it also appeared in latest "Scientific >>>> american " magazine ). >>>> The suggestion that the speed of light can change is based on data >>>> collected by UNSW astronomer John Webb, who posed a conundrum when he found >>>> that light from a distant quasar, a star-like object, had absorbed the >>>> wrong >>>> type of photons from interstellar clouds on its 12 billion year journey to >>>> earth. >>>> Davies said fundamentally Webb's observations meant that the structure >>>> of atoms emitting quasar light was slightly but ever so significantly >>>> different to the structure of atoms in humans. >>>> The discrepancy could only be explained if either the electron charge, >>>> or the speed of light, had changed. >>>> "But two of the cherished laws of the universe are the law that electron >>>> charge shall not change and that the speed of light shall not change, so >>>> whichever way you look at it we're in trouble," Davies said. >>>> To establish which of the two constants might not be that constant after >>>> all, Davies' team resorted to the study of black holes, mysterious >>>> astronomical bodies that suck in stars and other galactic features. >>>> They also applied another dogma of physics, the second law of >>>> thermodynamics, which Davies summarizes as "you can't get something for >>>> nothing." >>>> After considering that a change in the electron charge over time would >>>> violate the sacrosanct second law of thermodynamics, they concluded that >>>> the >>>> only option was to challenge the constancy of the speed of light. >>>> More study of quasar light is needed in order to validate Webb's >>>> observations, and to back up the proposal that light speed may vary, a >>>> theory Davies stresses represents only the first chink in the armor of the >>>> theory of relativity. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! 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