“Centering” has profound implications in many fields. Never mind that this Sunday, at least in the USA, most males are thinking only about it only in the context of the sport of football. Yawn.
It is almost a primal duality in perception to contrast an uncentered (uniform) system vs a centered (focused) system. In fact centering may relate to the other anthropomorphic dualities like good and evil - in many ways not yet fully appreciated. What if our Universe has a center? Do not jump to a reflexive negative conclusion, at least not just yet! Leo the Lion is one of first constellations to have been regularly noticed by ancient humans, but not as the center of anything – that was the role of Ra. Leo is positioned between Cancer to the west and Virgo to the east and the LQG is barely visible there. In fact, until a few days ago this vector as seen from Earth was nothing special. As of few hours ago “LQG” was not even listed as a search term by NASA on their site. That will probably change on Monday. In fact, the entire perception of our Universe being centerless may have has changed – almost overnight. If our Universe has a “center” it is in Leo and it is known at LQG. Of course, modern cosmology professes that there is no recognizable center to the Universe. Part of that belief was based on many assumptions but the most important was the former appearance of uniformity (when looking out in every direction). All of that nice uniformity went down the drain last week with a discovery which is not yet on the Evening News, but maybe it should be. It has not “sunk in yet” even with most cosmologists. Here is one story on the discovery of the LQG – and it is actually tempered down. I suspect that as next week goes by - in the Science News - and more and more observers from other disciplines get in on the act - to realize the profound implications of this – you will see more-and-more hype about the possibility that the Universe just might be “centered” after all. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50434185/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/large st-structure-universe-found-its-mind-boggling/ Most of us can take a peek tonight at the possible genesis point – the possible center of it all – well … at least take a peek at the LQG. It will take much longer to sort out all of the implications, but a singularity is usually that: singular and by extension: centered. Here is what to look for: http://stardate.org/nightsky/january-10 Jones
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