Can nothing exist without the Universe? (Strange Universe Series)

Can nothing exist without the Universe? (Strange Universe Series)
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The other side. Remember last weeks talk on multiverses! I like it there much better BTW!
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(Strange Universe Series) How can order emerge out of chaos?

Description : (Strange Universe Series) How can order emerge out of chaos?

Last Answer : You may find these interviews interesting. Guy is called John Duffield. http://www.richplanet.net/starship_main.php?ref=7&part=1 http://www.richplanet.net/starship_main.php?ref=8&part=1

If the universe is infinite, how big is what it is expanding into? (Strange Universe 2011)

Description : If the universe is infinite, how big is what it is expanding into? (Strange Universe 2011)

Last Answer : There is no answer to that question, since there is no space beyond the universe.

How do we know the Universe had a beginning?

Description : How do we know the Universe had a beginning?

Last Answer : I think it’s all days and nights of Brahma…

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Description : Will the universe ever find its zero point energy state?

Last Answer : I’m not sure what you mean by a ground state.

How do experts calculate and interpret large distances in the universe?

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Last Answer : IIRC, a lot of astronomical range-finding works out to trigonometry and physics.

Where is the center of the Universe?

Description : Where is the center of the Universe?

Last Answer : answer:We are at that point. All points, actually, are at that point. It's a confusing concept, but if you consider that at one time all of matter was in a single point, upon expansion, ... would remain the center of the universe. The fact that the universe is flat supports that point greatly.

What is the expanding universe expanding into?

Description : What is the expanding universe expanding into?

Last Answer : This is one of those questions we peobably won’t know because it essentially asks where we came from. I used to think about this a lot, but there’s no answer.

Does a blackhole decrease entropy in the universe?

Description : Does a blackhole decrease entropy in the universe?

Last Answer : I can't shed too much light on the problem, beyond this one thought: scientists are always discovering new things about how our universe got to where it is and how it continues progressing. ... and theories presented by Stephen Hawking, you may also find some good leads from this Wikipedia article.

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Description : How can we tell the Universe is billions of years old?

Last Answer : Count the rings. Sorry. I had to do it.

What are the constants of the universe?

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Is it humanly possible to imagine nothing?

Description : Is it humanly possible to imagine nothing?

Last Answer : It’s called being dead. Imagining nothing would mean having no activity in the part of your brain responsible for imagination, which will only happen once you have quit this mortal coil.

How many of you are big fans of Carl Sagan?

Description : How many of you are big fans of Carl Sagan?

Last Answer : answer:The movie Contact (based on his book) shaped my childhood in big ways. I must have watched it every year growing up, and I was always reading up on SETI news. I wanted to be Ellie Arroway. I ... Neil Degrasse Tyson reboot religiously (ha). Sagan is a pretty big hero of mine, I'd have to say.

If CERN proves there are parallel universes, will you move?

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Last Answer : This one has served humans perfectly well for tens of thousands of years. I think I’ll stay.

What's the matter with matter? (Strange Universe Series -- 2011).

Description : What's the matter with matter? (Strange Universe Series -- 2011).

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True of False? When you've seen one entropy, you've seen them all. (Strange Universe Series - 2011).

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Last Answer : I might be daft? But I’m not really sure how to answer this??? Do you want one answer or all answered? I’m sorry but I don’t get it. I mean I get entropy just not the way the question is worded.

How can space expand between individual hydrogen atoms? [Strange Universe Series, 2011]

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Last Answer : Gravitational force becomes weaker over distance (inverse square). Also, gravity is the a very weak force. You can not even measure it in small scale (a.k.a sub-atomic scale). It does not help either that ... of add up, is enough to still be bigger than the ZPE's pressure of the space between them.

Since space is expanding and is linked to time, isn't time expanding as well? (Strange Universe Series, 2011)

Description : Since space is expanding and is linked to time, isn't time expanding as well? (Strange Universe Series, 2011)

Last Answer : If you could arrange for a object with a fixed period of varying luminosity to be present in every galaxy (think of it as a clock), then I'm pretty certain we would observe a lengthening in ... due to metric expansion, the greater the redshift and the greater the dilation we observe in their clock.

In a Universe where space is expanding, how do separate galaxies manage to collide? (Strange Universe Series, 2011)

Description : In a Universe where space is expanding, how do separate galaxies manage to collide? (Strange Universe Series, 2011)

Last Answer : Dark energy, which is the reason for the accelerated expansion, is counteracted by gravitation. The closer two objects are together, the weaker dark energy gets in comparison to gravitation ... gravitational attraction between them was stronger than the dark energy trying to push them apart.

If all the quarks, gluons, electrons, photons, gravitons and so on in existence came from a single-point event, are they all quantum entangled? (Strange Universe Series)

Description : If all the quarks, gluons, electrons, photons, gravitons and so on in existence came from a single-point event, are they all quantum entangled? (Strange Universe Series)

Last Answer : answer:This sounds more like eastern mysticism then science (I had to throw that one in there). I've responded to several of your other strange universe series questions and in some of my long posts I ... level of reality that seems to make up the majority of outer space, the i-ther/dark matter?

What is the speed of action of quantum entanglement over distance? (Strange Universe series)

Description : What is the speed of action of quantum entanglement over distance? (Strange Universe series)

Last Answer : It’s instantaneous.

If Space is emptiness, what does gravity grab to bend it? (Strange Universe series)

Description : If Space is emptiness, what does gravity grab to bend it? (Strange Universe series)

Last Answer : answer:Well, if we accept some of the string theory perceptions of the universe, considering that there are 10 or 26 dimensions aside from the three we clearly and fourth we kind of see what we perceive ... the math at this point to see what's really there. Then again, it could just be leprachauns.

If photons have no mass, why are they affected by gravity? (Strange Universe series)

Description : If photons have no mass, why are they affected by gravity? (Strange Universe series)

Last Answer : answer:Perhaps the conditional is dependent upon having an anti particle, of which the photon has none, allowing it to be simultaneously both wave and particle. But that hypothesis would be ... which creates the gravity lens. Could be a unique property of not having an antiparticle counterpart.

What does it take to convert energy into mass? (Strange Universe Series)

Description : What does it take to convert energy into mass? (Strange Universe Series)

Last Answer : Energy, such as light into mass… easy! It takes a plant with the ability to photosynthesize.

How does the Universe impose its fractal-like patterns of order on chaotic systems? (Strange Universe series)

Description : How does the Universe impose its fractal-like patterns of order on chaotic systems? (Strange Universe series)

Last Answer : Complexity can come out of simplicity and a simple equation can generate an infinitely complex pattern eg The Mandelbrot Set Time and repetition can generate complexity from the simplest of beginnings.

How small can the repetitive fractal features of nature get? (Strange Universe Series)

Description : How small can the repetitive fractal features of nature get? (Strange Universe Series)

Last Answer : answer:Loved the video to Shine On You Crazy Diamond. (Had to get that out of the way!) I would think that repetitive fractal features would be infinate. It is our way of measuring them that is limited. Very interesting question.

How can the most distant quasar be 28 Billion light years away? (Strange Universe Series)

Description : How can the most distant quasar be 28 Billion light years away? (Strange Universe Series)

Last Answer : As I have stated in the past. There has always been a Universe and there will always be one.

What's your Strange Universe example to illustrate Sir Arthur Eddington's quote?

Description : What's your Strange Universe example to illustrate Sir Arthur Eddington's quote?

Last Answer : Two that come to mind are: A) Versions of the double-slit experiment which appear to show that subatomic particles can affect past events, which challenges our understanding of the arrow of time , and ... the universe), which challenges our understanding of the nature of space. oh, and C) Lady Gaga

My head and tail both equal are, My middle slender as a bee. Whether I stand on head or heel Is quite the same to you or me. But if my head should be cut off, The matter's true, though passing strange Directly I to nothing change.What Am I? -Riddles

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Do non-creationist theories of the origin of the universe assume something came from nothing?

Description : Do non-creationist theories of the origin of the universe assume something came from nothing?

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If nothing can escape from a black hole, then won't the whole universe eventually be swallowed up? -Space

Description : If nothing can escape from a black hole, then won't the whole universe eventually be swallowed up? -Space

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Description : What gravitational exist between you and every object in the universe?

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Does nothing exist? I mean there always has to be something?

Description : Does nothing exist? I mean there always has to be something?

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Description : I exist, but have no material form. I am made of numbers, but appear square. I build upon other of my own, but do not topple down. I sit still and do nothing, but I'm still useful. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : Minecraft Blocks.

Where to find the whole Steven universe series in Czech (not TV)

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Both my friend and I got strange text messages from a mutual friend. Is this a sign her phone was stolen or is there a chance her phone is somehow being pirated without her knowing?

Description : Both my friend and I got strange text messages from a mutual friend. Is this a sign her phone was stolen or is there a chance her phone is somehow being pirated without her knowing?

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How was the receptionist sure that only one plane arrived? a) The strange aeroplane was without lights b) They could see only one plane on the radar c) It was stormy and dark d) It was too late

Description : How was the receptionist sure that only one plane arrived? a) The strange aeroplane was without lights b) They could see only one plane on the radar c) It was stormy and dark d) It was too late

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The strangest feature of the strange aeroplane was a) It was black b) It was with colorful lights c) It was white d) It was without lights

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Last Answer : d) It was without lights

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Description : Name the two series circuits that exist in a diode circuit.

Last Answer : Filament and plate.

Media that exist in an interconnected series of communication – points are referred to as (A) Networked media (B) Connective media (C) Nodal media (D) Multimedia

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Can the universe function without quantum mechanics?

Description : Can the universe function without quantum mechanics?

Last Answer : It seems to me that the universe exists with what it exists with and we either discover its rules or we don’t. Or maybe I’m not understanding the question fully, which is entirely possible.

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Description : I soar without wings, I see without eyes. I've traveled the universe to and fro. I've conquered the world, yet I've never been anywhere but home.Who am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : I'm your imagination.

We start small and grow over time, We always expose anyone who commits a crime. There are experts in my field, but I have nothing productive to yield. We are as old as man, and all unwillingly follow his lifespan. We leave traces without trying, Criminals? Ha! We leave them crying. What are we? -Riddles

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Description : I'm with you from birth. I make you feel everyday. Without me, you're nothing. What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : Your soul.

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Description : This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is ... But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching! -Riddles

Last Answer : The entire paragraph has no ' e '

When I am filled I can point the way. When I am empty, nothing moves me. I have two skins - One without and one within.What am I? -Riddles

Description : When I am filled I can point the way. When I am empty, nothing moves me. I have two skins - One without and one within.What am I? -Riddles

Last Answer : A glove!