the universe is like a big balloon with dots on ot representing the galaxies.thats why the universe is stretching ,the galaxies are moving away from each other almost at the same rate.thing is where did it all come from an what caused that to come about.there had to be something thats outside of space an time as we know it.
@shotaboy100 I'll agree with you that we disagree. You're not a retard, no hard feelers :)
Who knows and who doesn't. One day we will know the truth if you're right, or we will never know if I'm right. Speculation after speculation, story after story, nobody knows for absolute certainty.
@shotaboy100 You'd have a being outside of space- time (the universal wave-fcn) which brings into being, and is thus soveriegn to the universe -which sounds just like God.
The one exception is that it still needs to be a mind. But then we discover that it actually is a mind because of Orch-OR.
"can't possibly be"
Well I suppose you could have a "wave-fcn of the wave-fcn of the universe," like a "God's God" and so on ad infinitum. But I don't see a need for more than one God.
@shotaboy100 For fucks sake dude.. You and every other religious nut are trying to prove some imaginary being in your head is responsible for everything we see and everything we learn, I don't need to know anything about any of that shit you speak of, it's all made by man for man (period)
It really is that fucking simple.. You live and you die and you turn into mush. the end! Nobody wants to die.. But we do, deal with it!!
@shotaboy100 lol no, I've bought into reason and practical thought. Santa Claus was real when I was a kid, I have no doubt. There were books written about him, tv shows, he was in the mall, everywhere I looked he was right there. Other people talking about him only reinforced my belief in him, how can he not exist if so many people knew of and talked about him? The same thing applies to any religion/god, it really, really does.
@shotaboy100 If you're going to be brave enough and believe in a god who created everything, you had better ask the next question, where did god come from? Why not Alla or Zeus or Hercules?
Do pigs go to heaven every time I eat a bacon sandwich? The only difference between you and a pig is your brain has evolved through millions of years to become self aware. You sir are delusional !
@shotaboy100 It's called chance. Have you not yet opened your mind to the wonders of science?
People like you are why the human race will never grow into a space traveling species. You simply turn your mind off from everything and ignore our intelligence and you say god did it.
WOULDNT IT BE FUNNY IF THE SUN WASNT AT THE CENTER . AND THAT THE REASON THEY SAY IT IS BECAUSE THEY WORSHIP THE SUN. THUS SUN-DAY HOLY RELIGIOUS DAY AROUND THE WORLD THANKS TO CONSTANTINE.
I don't get it... How can the universe be expanding if there is no center for it to expand from? Expansion implies uniformity which implies a center of some sort. WAT
@Jebus495 Take a balloon. Inflate it halfway. Take a felt tip pen and mark few spots on the surface of the balloon. Inflate the balloon further. The distance between *all* marks will increase. This means that *on the surface of the balloon* there is no spot that is different from the others. There is no center.
You can do the same experiment with a flat piece of rubber if you stretch it in all directions of its plane simultaneously.
@TomFynn The balloon in your analogy has a center and is therefore unfit for your explanation. The distance between the spots changes but the ratio of distance between them never does (in a perfect sphere balloon anyway). This is a stupid response and I'm personally offended. If there is an expansion there is at the very least a geometrical center.
@Jebus495 In case you haven't noticed, I had added "on the surface of the balloon". The "center" must be part of the universe. Since the balloon is a 2D analogue to the 3D universe, the center of the 2D "universe" must be placed on the surface of the balloon. To place it in the middle is to place it *outside* of the "universe".
Oh, and the ratio indeed does not change. After all, the ratio is nothing but the 2D analogue to the Hubble constant.
@TomFynn I'm pretty sure you've just doubled the amount of questions I have to ask about this...
Are we just confused about what the nature of space actually is? If we observe an "expansion" does that not imply there is a center to that expansion? Is that not the whole idea behind the big bang theory? That everything we see today began as a small ball located "nowhere"? All this stuff points us back to the earth on the back of a turtle on an horse on a moose problem...
@TomFynn I guess I should apologize, it would be kind of ridiculous for me to expect enlightenment via youtubes 500 character limit. A deeper discussion would be required for me to achieve a higher level of understanding of the matter. I don't know anything about you and I have know idea what you've learned throughout your life. You could be a well established physicist or just an internet troll spewing garbage. It's impossible for me to think objectively within these particular restrictions. :(
@csmcmillion Does that mean the "expanding earth" theory has merit? xD
Since dimensions beyond our perceptions (4th dimension to 11 and beyond lol) are supposed to exist by, we'll say, certain quantum theorists. Is it not possible that we simply can't properly comprehend our own observations? Could this also account for our lack of a working model of the atom? When are we going to say "well fuck I don't know what the fuck that is!" instead of creating theories to pretend we understand shit?
The speaker disputes simplistic claims about the big bang which have often been made overconfidently in the last 20 years or so. He does this without religious undertones, contrary to the remarks of a couple commenters. This video gives you some good questions to think about.
@thickblkpa They guy totally had a religionist's banter and presentation, but he did a really good job of presenting the evidence in layman's terms (and I didn't notice him plugging god or Christ in anywhere, despite his tone having perked my ears for it).
Has anyone ever ask why we feel the need to be the center? Maybe there is a good reason for it, maybe we are special, just not in the way your talking about!
@SabretoothSnowMan If your talking about modern humans as "special" your right. Special like in "handicapped." Most folks are naive and gulible or just plain "dumb."
Every location is the center of the universe which can also be said that nowhere is the center because every location can see space expand away from their origin. Existence at its most fundamental levels is paradoxical and relative as easily seen in the black hole paradox of Bob and Alice. Occam's Razor cannot discretely define reality because a razor cannot cut a single truth out of a paradox. However, tribal stories of creation have no bearing in science because they were never based on fact.
"The universe has no center and you're not there" it shouldn't even be associated with an intelligent discussion. You can't NOT (double negatives) be in the center of something that doesn't exist. The reason we CAN NOT (single negative) be in the center of the universe is likely a PHYSICAL thing (not an impossibility). "It doesn't exist" is a popular myth perpetrated by some scientists, like MOST of them said the universe was slowing down its acceleration up until the 1990s.
@arseymcpherson I am all for light hearted bantering. We just shouldn't be saying to curious children, "there is no center to the universe," etc. That is very LIKELY false. (I went to UCSD & it is, by the way, the only top tier university, as far as I know, to have a Nobel Laureate, in plasma physics, who didn't believe in the "Big Bang." For now, I'm okay with the Big Bang [minus Alan Guth's arbitrary hyper-inflationary "mathematical" fairy tale]...)
Retard discussion-topic. What we fail to do is properly embrace the term 'infinity'. Understandable however as all of our perceptible signature has to do with finity. Time is a measurement of infinite existence, no start-point, no end-point. The second constant is cubic area, another cannot begin cannot end measurement. 'An infinite measure'. Deal with it, Humans. We're "infinitely finite". :) Stop whining and inquisitively 'searching about' for answers to this non-fixable problem.
LKRaider: The reason you cant measure the expansion at small ranges is the gravitational effect is too great at those distances. The gravitation between the sun and the moon out weights the effect of the expansion. (For now..).
@cipher2 Actually this is one of the best lectures I've seen! James White is an excellent speaker, great production as well. The lighting had a few issues as far as shadows, go but ultimately JOB WELL DONE! Thank you for the upload!
well based on the fact that everything is relative, and that we see the red shift of objects moving away from us, and that space maybe infinite, any object in space would be able to make that claim and be right technically, making the statement true for all. you are always at the centre of your own universe.
If i understand corectly?Time s mathmatics,and our constant reality or mater s desipating in infinit space which we study it by only timing(cuting)it,there r no dimension,just what s(infinit timeless space)when matter brakes down to its final or smalest size posible/final space,there is another big bang/there r infinit no.of big bangs hapening in present,w r merely a simple measuring tool,a lens that life can use to c itself infinitly small or large,coulds r beautiful they r if we r here or not
If i understand corectly?Time s mathmatics,and our constant reality or matter s desipating in infinit space which we study it by only timing(cuting)it,there r no dimension,just what s(infinit timeless space)when matter brakes down to its final or smalest size posible/final space,there is another big bang/there r infinit no.of big bangs hapening in present,w r merely a simple measuring tool,a lens that life can use to c itself infinitly small or large,coulds r beautiful they r if we r here or not
At a certain distance space moves away from us faster than the speed of light meaning all information is lost, therefore we ARE at the centre of a 3dimensional bubble and your universe is different to mine. this is because the speed at which the matter is moving away from us is directly proportionate to its distance as space is being created uniformly in all places, this has the effect of accelerating matter away from us at ever greater speeds.
General relativity does not predict that the universe is expanding into another dimension. It's not expanding "into" anything; the space itself is expanding.
everything has a center but that doesnt mean it was started at the center,eg ,you draw a square and start at one corner and draw your 4 parallel, square, equal measured lines and you finish with a 'square', draw a line from corner to opposite corner and you find its centre, yet it didnt start at this point, this can be done with all shapes according to parallel and mass,thinking that we are the center is just human ignorance , stupidity or if your religious then both and brainwashed, my opinion
@mystic81006: "Is there a center of the Universe? no one knows..."
Just because YOU don't know, doesn't mean "no one knows". Your ignorance about cosmology comes shining through your post. Yet another Dunning-Kruger dropout. Typical; since you don't know, gosh, no one else can, right? Because no one can be smarter than you, right? Fail.
is there a center of the Universe? no one knows, and if anyone listens to this guy here as there is no center to our Universe they are lisening to knothing. he has never ever been to the outer regions of our universe nore has any one else ever. If you can not be there you would never know. so becouse of this all he has to say is as a child. he is still just a child in his learning.not trying to put him down please forgive me for that but yes, still just a child.
@mystic81006 He is just telling the story of how scientific discovery has systematically changed our ides of ourselves as the center of the universe to simply on one planet around one typical star in a typical galaxy inside a giant universe. We are not the center as religion dogma has taught. You are correct that he is like a child and still learning, but understanding much more that the baby who still clings to religious iron age mythology of man as the center of the universe created by God.
So you considered physics, biology, the fossil record, special relativity, the speed of light, quantum mechanics, geology, history etc, and you compared it too "god did it" and you made an educated choice to believe in the supernatural.......WOW!!!!! Thanks, I needed a good laugh!
@kryckeestrooff ......ok I read some of your crap....I get it. What I don`t understand is why you are wasteing your time here. It must be so great to have all your wisdom and all your understanding of God. How lucky you are! You are indeed close to divine. I`m voting for you as the next jesus!
Bible Laws lol. Philosophers said the same things long before the bible was ever dreamed up. If you really want to know about the universe, roll up your sleeves and get learning. There are lots of REAL mysteries out there.
What happened before the "Big Bang" or what caused it we may never know. Even though it has been shown that life can begin with just basic elements and that the universe does not need to have a creator, a creation force can still not be totaly ruled out. However, if there is a creator, only science can show us how it was done, not some 2000 year old book written by terrorists!
It's only sad that people who claim higher knowledge (CelticReject) can only deem religion as ignorant, instead of actually humouring their theory as I do, contrast to the fact that I am Christian.
Science is only another belief, accept it or you yourself are the ignorance you claim to loathe. Humour the idea that maybe science is not the only explanation. That said, I believe that at most, we have almost no real knowledge pertaining to higher being, or at most, life.
It's amazing that scientific discussion can not go on without god cropping up. God is simply an expression of humans' ego and need to feel important and eternal. Because the universe is a scary place and we're very tiny We're no more important that earth worms. We're all going to be returned to the universe and be food for another solar system somewhere. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only change form. One day we might be the cells in the sphincter in some alien butt hole.
@locrianboy I can agree partly with what you are saying about energy, but God is not a expression of of human ego, it is rather science which is the expression of ego. Science creates prestigious awards unto itself and those who take part, while on the other hand a TRUE belief in God gives glory to Him, rather than the self! I think you've watched too many TV evangelists, and Lying Fuck presidents who claim God is on their side! Both of which are full of human ego, not God!
@kryckeestrooff I propose that to believe in some mysterious figure that will have us live eternally after death, or to believe that we, bags of chemicals, raw meat and electricity are somehow important in this universe is the height of egocentricity. I reject the proposition that to believe in a being who is spiteful, egocentric, hypocritical and megalomaniacal (if we are to believe the bible) is a better way to live than a life dedicated to questioning the nature of things.
@locrianboy Oh I see! So your one of those people who claim to have read The Bible cover to cover, understanding every word that it contains. What was that you were saying about the height of egocentricity, hypocrisy and megalomaniacs?
Try to understand this. If it weren't for the Laws we have which WERE obtained from The Bible, it is a very high possibility that you would not even exist, nor your parents/ grandparents. People like you toss your blessings away without even giving them thought!
@kryckeestrooff Quite a supposition and judgment. I didn't claim to have read it cover to cover or have read and understood every word. I did have 14 years of schooling in which studying the book was a requirement. On the other side I was given other evidence to consider, and made an educated decision. Much thought and many years of discussion went into my decision. I reject the idea of the basis of laws. I would find it disturbing to think that divine sanction is required to make us good.
Damn, the very space is expanding, such a difficult concept to grasp. They asked the question like three times, despite it being the main point of the lecture. Is there one point where the big bang started? No, the very space is expanding. It's an awesome universe we live in isn't it?
I've always wanted to ask this. But doesn't anybody consider that adding more and more dimensions in order to explain things that we do not understand kind of remind you of epicycles?
If the universe expansion is occurring on another dimension and that is being projected on the dimensions we perceive, why is the expansion only measurable on the distances of galaxies and not on all points of space? (like, from the earth to the sun, or from one atom to another). Is it an irregular expansion?
@LKRaider as the forces stared in general relativity and quantum mechanics overwhelm expansion at such a small distance. and that you need the right circumstances to measure distances like supernova and the red shift effect.
@LKRaider It might also be that it's simply too small of a distance to see any noticeable effect, but I may be wrong, and it seems like Carnage rather knows what he's talking about.
@LKRaider I think its because the speed at which things move away from us is proportional to its distance from us, or possibily the acceleration is proportional in which case it would be exponential. Everything relative to us IS moving away its just on a small scale it is negligible in the same way our mass effects atoms on the otherside of the universe in a negligible way as gravity is inversly proportionate to distance.
@LKRaider - Current theory is that at the smaller distances "dark matter" is dominant and therefore gravitational force supercedes the repulsive "expansion" force of dark energy. At the larger distances (between galaxies) there is very little matter but there is alot of dark energy, This results in the expansive / repulsive force of dark energy overwhelming the gravitational force in these areas and only in these areas.
@LKRaider There are forces that keep small objects together and that are stronger than the expansion of the universe. For instance, gravity is what keeps stars bound to each other making whats called a galaxy. Also, gravity keeps planetary systems working and revolving each other with out letting them rocket off into space. As for atoms, there is what's called electromagnetism, which is a force bounding the nucleus and the electrons together keeping the electron in its orbit.
There two other forces which are the strong and weak nuclear forces that are what keep protons and neutrons tightly held one another. The weak nuclear force holds what are called quarks which are widely believed to be the building blocks of everything.
@LKRaider The reason you cant measure the expansion at small ranges is the gravitational effect is too great at those distances. The gravitation between the sun and the moon out weights the effect of the expansion. (For now..).
@LKRaider Galaxies don't expand because of gravity so I guess they are trying to tell us that the galaxies are moving away from each other. I'm not buying it.
@felixq78 Science is there for anyone to use. You can conduct your own research and prove or disprove any scientific theory you want. Science doesn't care whether or not you 'buy it'
@LKRaider Because gravity and electromagnetic forces are greater than the energy for expansion. Imagine being in a stream, while you float, you float downstream along with the expansion of the water downhill. But, if you swim, you can remain stationary while the stream keeps expanding downhill past your location. The swimming energy was enough that you counteracted the expansion. If the energy of expansion keeps increasing, stream or space, there will come a point where expansion wins out.
@LKRaider The possible reason for that is the presence of mysterious dark matter within each galaxy, which actually contributes dominating part of the mass that each galaxy has therefore preventing space from expanding. Empty space (space between galaxies) is supposed to lack / being free of it, thats why its capable of expanding... just suggestion
@LKRaider i think when they say space is expanding they mean it only expands inbetween galaxies, any volume of space that is influenced by a sufficiently strong gravitational field doesn't expand.
think of the ratio of expansion of that between two galaxies millions of light years apart and that which it takes 8 minutes for light to travel, its imperceptively small i would have thought over the life time of the most powerful appararus attempting to measure it, that we could create. though some boffin somewhere prolly has a four hundred yard long board with the function describing the amount :S
I don't think your question has been answered sufficiently. In fact, all space is expanding, albeit imperceptible to our unaided human senses. Even the space between the atoms that make up your body is expanding. The universe expands uniformly, thus you can think of it as pulling on four corners of a rubber sheet. I'm not sure this has much to do with the hypothesis that information is stored separately and projected like a hologram, though. That's a bit of a different question.
@LKRaider The space between the earth and the sun IS expanding, just like the rest of the observable universe. The momentum of an orbiting celestial body along with the gravity affecting it dictates the orbit. As space expands, the earth readjusts, maintaining its orbit (although orbits are complicated and may change over time).
@LKRaider the gravity of the galaxies keep it relatively close together, and the distance between us and the closest spiral galaxy is I think 1.2 million kilometers, that's 12 times more than the radius of the milky way ;)
@Helge129 - Seriously? The distance to the closest spiral galaxy is 1.2 million kilometers? That's pretty fucking amazing, considering that the Earth is roughly 150 million kilometers from the Sun. I guess there's a lot of galaxies between us and the Sun? Let me guess - math wasn't your greatest subject in school.
Yes, I suck at maths. But you know what? I don't give a shit. And the only reason I wrote Kilometers instead of Lightyears is because I was fucking tired. Does that get through your thick skull, smartass? I bet you just spent hours looking for comments to point out errors in them, hmm? Specially considering how fricken obvious that mistake was.
@Helge129 - not necessary to spend hours looking for something so stunningly wrong. And, for the record, I was tired AND drunk, so I'm not cutting you any slack there. But, as luck would have it, you not only suck at math, but astronomy. The nearest galaxy is considered to be the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, which is roughly 42k light years from our galactic center. So you couldn't even get that right. The nearest spiral galaxy? Andromeda (M31), at 2.56 million light years. Also utterly wrong. Hmm.
I believe, no proof: That the expansion of the early Universe, (a massive energy field to Dark Mass), is still expanding, (Hubble), this creates a Dark Drag that pulls the other Galaxies/stars away from each other.
Can anyone explain how back ground radiation proves that the big bang is a fact? How do we know that we aren't just picking up radiation emmited from an infinite universe, with super massive stars exploding in infinitely rapid succession? I'm not asking to be sarcastic, I genuinely want to know the science behind our knowledge that there even was a beginning.
No. It's mearly relative. I could say from my current position (25 north of London) that I am the centre of the Universe, when in fact I am simply the center of MY universe. You are the centre of yours, and the Earth is the centre of OURS, but even in a galaxy 12 Billion light years fom here, you could still ask the same question.
The "center of the universe" is the place in the universe where the most exciting, creative and imaginative occurrences are taking place. In other words, the true center of the universe is in Tuks Lossmann's backyard.
Lots of distortions about the Anthropic Principle too. First of all, it's not "so called" - that's its name. Second, it does NOT say the universe is built for us - that's Mr. White's distortion to set it up for ridicule. It says the universe is extremely unlikely to be the way it is without some guiding principle.
The idea that there are other, different universes is as unscientific as anything I've ever heard, but somehow to Mr. White it explains why this one isn't special.
If the universe is a curved 3D "surface", then no, there's no center. If it isn't; if it's flat in 4 dimensions, then it DOES have a center. After years of searching there is NO EVIDENCE of any curvature in the universe.
Admit it pal; you don't know if the universe has a center or not. There's no crime in not knowing - the true crime is BSing people about it simply so you can say you don't believe in God.
Time, space and gravity are illusions. The universe is continually created and resolving it doesnt expand into something, theres no edge, no "size" Entangle entities occupy same space. Not so entangled entities appearing separate to observers. As matter resolves, the illusion of space collapses between them as observed as gravitational attraction and motion as wave functions presses to in-phase becoming one. Cosmic red shift is illusion of matter shrinking not an expanding universe.
And that's how galaxies are born, planets.....etc.
When you look at the pictures of galaxy clusters, you see that each galaxy has different x,y,z vector(galaxy) in space from each other.
If even vector of future paths with speed are reversed to the point of richocheting, you would need as reaaaaaaaly powerful supercomputer to even calculate possible centres.
So powerful that it must calculate reversal of all galaxy creation and motion. to a single point.
Explanation of universe expansion with Raisins in bread is horrible. Even those raisins had starting point. But the difference in raisins and Bing Bang, is that Bing Bang was singularity. Be it 1 dimesional and releasing other 2 with time. Or just time in vector field.
Everything you see in nature, has a starting point and it's complex.
Imagine Atom colissions in explosion, that is how universe started. It had center, but from all of richocheting it expands differently.. Continued....
You don´t know, nobody does. What you see in nature reight now on this earth and even in outerspace known is just what everyone´s senses can capture, and the known universe is nothing compared to what it might be. It may have never had a starting point, because time is a mesure humans use to explain the movement of atoms and things in general, time and movement are together. The universe may never had a starting point.
You talk about all the people that had a missperseption of the universe. But how is it that the sumerians that lived as recent as 7000 years ago got it right. They knew the sun was the center of ours. Why was this knoledge burried for such a long time. and how did we start to believe the oppiside and now again the oppesite. i wander
religion is the crutch for those that can't handle reality - religion has no place in current times, and certainly no place in politics or societal decision making - if it serves some purpose for someone that doesn't want, or can't, to understand the universe, then so be it - but religious zealots should be regarded the same way as those that believed the Earth was flat
So macspeculum understands the universe? WOW! That's quite an accomplishment. Even people like Einstein weren't bold enough to make such claims, and you're no Einstein! I make a simple comment here and get attacked by some arrogant moron. How Pathetic. "Religion is the crutch for those that can't handle reality." Another original comment. Guess we've never heard that one before.
@FIGHTFANNERD3 Prove it. You cant prove he does, you cant prove he doesn’t. Saying he doesn’t make as much sense that saying he does. But there definitely is a flying spaghetti monster :-)
@FIGHTFANNERD3 He is real he just doznt give a fuck about u havin sex and taking drugs, so u can do it if u want, no one has ever regreted something they did, u only regret stuf u ddnt do!
@LgGerminator You have the logic of a Meth-Head! To say no one has ever regretted something they have done is both, ignorance and stupidity at it's finest!
There are many scenarios where people have regrets, if you claim to have none, you are merely a fucking liar, unworthy of any further comment!
@FIGHTFANNERD3 Because things that a gravitationally bound overides the effect, that is why the doppler effect red shift is between galaxies and not stars. In the spaces between galaxies the expansion dominates.
@VeggiePower303 'The Bible' does not say that; The Lord, a character in that book, says so within the context of the story--and is later shown to be an unreliable and untrustworthy character. maybe you should read it again?
@VeggiePower303 It was called the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil". There's nothing 'good' or 'evil' about astronomy, it's just astronomy.
Even so, if he didn't want anyone to eat from that tree, then he should have called it the "Tree of Stupidity" because that's basically what you're saying we all are as a result of eating its fruit, right?
@VeggiePower303 You shouldn't be using the computer then, otherwise you're just making yourself look like a hypocrite and no one listens to a hypocrite.
@olmecbones I do what I can within the system to make people aware of their predicament.
I am using the system (computers and all) and not being used by them, like most people are.
Again your simplistic mind has made the mistake that you understand my situation and made a judgment on me as being a hypocrite. This is exactly the kind of ILLUSION I was talking about.
@VeggiePower303 You disagree with technology yet by your own admission, you reap it's benefits? That's hypocritical no matter how you put it or how you use it.
@VeggiePower303 Jesus Fucking H Harry Christ. Why do religious fucking morons have to keep trolling science videos??? give it a fucking rest!!! no one gives a shit about your imaginary friend
@roont You are a very ignorant person, You have never investigated if God exists or not, yet you are convinced that He doesn't.
Look at the language you are using with someone who has never done anything to you. And you want to appear more knowledgeable. This is Egoism and delusion exactly the thing I was talking about.
This is exactly what the demonic brainwashing wants you to believe.
@VeggiePower303 - oh please. I've never investigated whether unicorns exist or not. I've never investigated whether Thor exists or not. I've never investigated whether Athena exists or not. And neither have you. You simply have picked one imaginary mythology, or fantasy that you like because that's what you were exposed to, and you simply swallowed it, hook, line and sinker without every applying any critical thought at all to your delusion.
@47f0 I wasn't talking about unicorns and all the other stuff you mentioned, but I have investigated if God exists and I have found Him/Her. I don't need faith to believe in God because I am in daily contact with Him/Her.
He helps me all the time. It is better than having a billion Dollar bank account.
But you believe that He doesn't exist so you are fallowing a belief system. Atheism is also a belief system.
You are the one who has never applied critical thought, you simply decided He's not.
@VeggiePower303 - faulty thinking. A) You ARE talking about unicorns and all that other stuff - because you've decided that Thor and Athena don't exist. You have decided that literally thousands of gods don't exist. You just picked one that made you feel warm and fuzzy. Question: Why do you need faith? The Old Testament characters didn't need faith. God was in their face with evidence. Burning shrubbery that would talk to you. Angels you could physically wrestle. Pillars of salt. All evidence.
@VeggiePower303 You found God? Tell us where he is, because nobody else knows. This would be Nobel material. Don't say look inside of ourselves: there is no way to distinguish claims of divinity or supernatural voices in your head from the ordinary workings (or dysfunctions) of the brain. How can you be sure you are not delusional? What tests have you performed? You are in daily contact with him? Then surely you'll be willing to have him answer serious questions through you, his spokeman?
brilliant video
ericajjful 4 days ago
good work here
khijasmith 5 days ago
the universe is like a big balloon with dots on ot representing the galaxies.thats why the universe is stretching ,the galaxies are moving away from each other almost at the same rate.thing is where did it all come from an what caused that to come about.there had to be something thats outside of space an time as we know it.
MrBeefreetwo 6 days ago
How can something is expanding and has no center? Hmm
calvintrainer1212 1 week ago
From about 37:00 on is the best part. I like how at the end he says that the center of the universe is everywhere and I am it!
smkipus 1 month ago
@shotaboy100 I'll agree with you that we disagree. You're not a retard, no hard feelers :)
Who knows and who doesn't. One day we will know the truth if you're right, or we will never know if I'm right. Speculation after speculation, story after story, nobody knows for absolute certainty.
Peace out !!
Hempstraw 3 months ago
@shotaboy100 You'd have a being outside of space- time (the universal wave-fcn) which brings into being, and is thus soveriegn to the universe -which sounds just like God.
The one exception is that it still needs to be a mind. But then we discover that it actually is a mind because of Orch-OR.
"can't possibly be"
Well I suppose you could have a "wave-fcn of the wave-fcn of the universe," like a "God's God" and so on ad infinitum. But I don't see a need for more than one God.
JohananRaatz 3 months ago
@shotaboy100 For fucks sake dude.. You and every other religious nut are trying to prove some imaginary being in your head is responsible for everything we see and everything we learn, I don't need to know anything about any of that shit you speak of, it's all made by man for man (period)
It really is that fucking simple.. You live and you die and you turn into mush. the end! Nobody wants to die.. But we do, deal with it!!
Hempstraw 3 months ago
@shotaboy100 lol no, I've bought into reason and practical thought. Santa Claus was real when I was a kid, I have no doubt. There were books written about him, tv shows, he was in the mall, everywhere I looked he was right there. Other people talking about him only reinforced my belief in him, how can he not exist if so many people knew of and talked about him? The same thing applies to any religion/god, it really, really does.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Sagan
Hempstraw 3 months ago
@shotaboy100 If you're going to be brave enough and believe in a god who created everything, you had better ask the next question, where did god come from? Why not Alla or Zeus or Hercules?
Do pigs go to heaven every time I eat a bacon sandwich? The only difference between you and a pig is your brain has evolved through millions of years to become self aware. You sir are delusional !
Hempstraw 3 months ago
@shotaboy100 It's called chance. Have you not yet opened your mind to the wonders of science?
People like you are why the human race will never grow into a space traveling species. You simply turn your mind off from everything and ignore our intelligence and you say god did it.
Retard!
Hempstraw 3 months ago
WOULDNT IT BE FUNNY IF THE SUN WASNT AT THE CENTER . AND THAT THE REASON THEY SAY IT IS BECAUSE THEY WORSHIP THE SUN. THUS SUN-DAY HOLY RELIGIOUS DAY AROUND THE WORLD THANKS TO CONSTANTINE.
ericdisney1 3 months ago
Most of the audience are women. LOL.
weepingod 3 months ago
I don't get it... How can the universe be expanding if there is no center for it to expand from? Expansion implies uniformity which implies a center of some sort. WAT
Jebus495 4 months ago
@Jebus495 Take a balloon. Inflate it halfway. Take a felt tip pen and mark few spots on the surface of the balloon. Inflate the balloon further. The distance between *all* marks will increase. This means that *on the surface of the balloon* there is no spot that is different from the others. There is no center.
You can do the same experiment with a flat piece of rubber if you stretch it in all directions of its plane simultaneously.
TomFynn 4 months ago
@TomFynn The balloon in your analogy has a center and is therefore unfit for your explanation. The distance between the spots changes but the ratio of distance between them never does (in a perfect sphere balloon anyway). This is a stupid response and I'm personally offended. If there is an expansion there is at the very least a geometrical center.
Jebus495 4 months ago
@Jebus495 In case you haven't noticed, I had added "on the surface of the balloon". The "center" must be part of the universe. Since the balloon is a 2D analogue to the 3D universe, the center of the 2D "universe" must be placed on the surface of the balloon. To place it in the middle is to place it *outside* of the "universe".
Oh, and the ratio indeed does not change. After all, the ratio is nothing but the 2D analogue to the Hubble constant.
TomFynn 4 months ago
@TomFynn I'm pretty sure you've just doubled the amount of questions I have to ask about this...
Are we just confused about what the nature of space actually is? If we observe an "expansion" does that not imply there is a center to that expansion? Is that not the whole idea behind the big bang theory? That everything we see today began as a small ball located "nowhere"? All this stuff points us back to the earth on the back of a turtle on an horse on a moose problem...
Jebus495 4 months ago
@TomFynn I guess I should apologize, it would be kind of ridiculous for me to expect enlightenment via youtubes 500 character limit. A deeper discussion would be required for me to achieve a higher level of understanding of the matter. I don't know anything about you and I have know idea what you've learned throughout your life. You could be a well established physicist or just an internet troll spewing garbage. It's impossible for me to think objectively within these particular restrictions. :(
Jebus495 4 months ago
@Jebus495 If you cannot tell a troll from someone trying to give an honest answer, you *do* have a lot to learn.
Anyway, further recommended reading on cosmology would be: "An Introduction to Modern Cosmology" by Andrew Liddle.
TomFynn 4 months ago
@Jebus495 b/c it's space-time itself that is expanding. It's expanding from everywhere at the same time.
csmcmillion 3 months ago
@csmcmillion Does that mean the "expanding earth" theory has merit? xD
Since dimensions beyond our perceptions (4th dimension to 11 and beyond lol) are supposed to exist by, we'll say, certain quantum theorists. Is it not possible that we simply can't properly comprehend our own observations? Could this also account for our lack of a working model of the atom? When are we going to say "well fuck I don't know what the fuck that is!" instead of creating theories to pretend we understand shit?
Jebus495 3 months ago
@Jebus495 > Does that mean the "expanding earth" theory has merit?
Never heard of it. But the space in between the particles that make up the Earth is expanding, so, in that sense, everything is expanding.
> Could this also account for our lack of a working model of the atom?
Who says we don't have one? The Standard Model of particle physics works quite well, as does QM.
> When are we going to say....?
Hopefully never. We've learned about the fallacy of God-of-the-gaps the hard way.
csmcmillion 3 months ago
This guy is well spoken, I love how he addresses the douche being critical of spiritual pursuit...
mrdrumsauce 5 months ago
The speaker disputes simplistic claims about the big bang which have often been made overconfidently in the last 20 years or so. He does this without religious undertones, contrary to the remarks of a couple commenters. This video gives you some good questions to think about.
MagiMysteryTour 6 months ago
I enjoyed first half of video. It was informative and based in science. I stop watching when the man injected Christian god into discussion.
thickblkpa 6 months ago
@thickblkpa They guy totally had a religionist's banter and presentation, but he did a really good job of presenting the evidence in layman's terms (and I didn't notice him plugging god or Christ in anywhere, despite his tone having perked my ears for it).
slugfly 6 months ago
Has anyone ever ask why we feel the need to be the center? Maybe there is a good reason for it, maybe we are special, just not in the way your talking about!
SabretoothSnowMan 8 months ago
@SabretoothSnowMan If your talking about modern humans as "special" your right. Special like in "handicapped." Most folks are naive and gulible or just plain "dumb."
lebiew 7 months ago
@lebiew Especially those that continue to use "'your" instead of "you're" throughout their adult lives in their first language.
Nautilus1972 7 months ago
@Nautilus1972 My bad. I was in a hurry (again). You're = you are. I am aware of the difference.
lebiew 7 months ago
Who is this guy talking to? From his talk I assume it's a grade school? Maybe 5th grade?
MegatronAngel 9 months ago
"milky fluid spilled across the sky, so imagine, Emanuel cunt..."sexy
stoltobot 9 months ago
Every location is the center of the universe which can also be said that nowhere is the center because every location can see space expand away from their origin. Existence at its most fundamental levels is paradoxical and relative as easily seen in the black hole paradox of Bob and Alice. Occam's Razor cannot discretely define reality because a razor cannot cut a single truth out of a paradox. However, tribal stories of creation have no bearing in science because they were never based on fact.
freedomfrombots 10 months ago
@freedomfrombots We are without question deep into a post-literate society populated by people who make no sense whatsoever ....
Nautilus1972 7 months ago
why do I get the feeling this guy doesn't have much tenure as a scientist ... just sayin'
klank67 11 months ago
thanks for the video
glupsamja 11 months ago
"The universe has no center and you're not there" it shouldn't even be associated with an intelligent discussion. You can't NOT (double negatives) be in the center of something that doesn't exist. The reason we CAN NOT (single negative) be in the center of the universe is likely a PHYSICAL thing (not an impossibility). "It doesn't exist" is a popular myth perpetrated by some scientists, like MOST of them said the universe was slowing down its acceleration up until the 1990s.
HenryDavidT 11 months ago
@HenryDavidT It's supposed to be silly, a joke and a paradox. Lighten up.
arseymcpherson 11 months ago
@arseymcpherson I am all for light hearted bantering. We just shouldn't be saying to curious children, "there is no center to the universe," etc. That is very LIKELY false. (I went to UCSD & it is, by the way, the only top tier university, as far as I know, to have a Nobel Laureate, in plasma physics, who didn't believe in the "Big Bang." For now, I'm okay with the Big Bang [minus Alan Guth's arbitrary hyper-inflationary "mathematical" fairy tale]...)
HenryDavidT 11 months ago
Retard discussion-topic. What we fail to do is properly embrace the term 'infinity'. Understandable however as all of our perceptible signature has to do with finity. Time is a measurement of infinite existence, no start-point, no end-point. The second constant is cubic area, another cannot begin cannot end measurement. 'An infinite measure'. Deal with it, Humans. We're "infinitely finite". :) Stop whining and inquisitively 'searching about' for answers to this non-fixable problem.
fuhmeregan 11 months ago
LKRaider: The reason you cant measure the expansion at small ranges is the gravitational effect is too great at those distances. The gravitation between the sun and the moon out weights the effect of the expansion. (For now..).
Qosm0s 1 year ago
One of the best introductions to a lecture I've seen yet.
cipher2 1 year ago
@cipher2 Actually this is one of the best lectures I've seen! James White is an excellent speaker, great production as well. The lighting had a few issues as far as shadows, go but ultimately JOB WELL DONE! Thank you for the upload!
cipher2 1 year ago
well based on the fact that everything is relative, and that we see the red shift of objects moving away from us, and that space maybe infinite, any object in space would be able to make that claim and be right technically, making the statement true for all. you are always at the centre of your own universe.
march1001 1 year ago
This is why Youtube should exist. Youtube is at the center of my cosmic lecture love affair.
JuniperSprouts 1 year ago 7
toupee!!!!
Pierzynskied 1 year ago
If i understand corectly?Time s mathmatics,and our constant reality or mater s desipating in infinit space which we study it by only timing(cuting)it,there r no dimension,just what s(infinit timeless space)when matter brakes down to its final or smalest size posible/final space,there is another big bang/there r infinit no.of big bangs hapening in present,w r merely a simple measuring tool,a lens that life can use to c itself infinitly small or large,coulds r beautiful they r if we r here or not
saharDJAMS 1 year ago
If i understand corectly?Time s mathmatics,and our constant reality or matter s desipating in infinit space which we study it by only timing(cuting)it,there r no dimension,just what s(infinit timeless space)when matter brakes down to its final or smalest size posible/final space,there is another big bang/there r infinit no.of big bangs hapening in present,w r merely a simple measuring tool,a lens that life can use to c itself infinitly small or large,coulds r beautiful they r if we r here or not
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HorizonDelta 1 year ago
phuk humanity
greatorderofchaos 1 year ago
At a certain distance space moves away from us faster than the speed of light meaning all information is lost, therefore we ARE at the centre of a 3dimensional bubble and your universe is different to mine. this is because the speed at which the matter is moving away from us is directly proportionate to its distance as space is being created uniformly in all places, this has the effect of accelerating matter away from us at ever greater speeds.
cullurzful 1 year ago
@cullurzful i didn't think anything could move faster than the speed of light?
takeyourpillz 1 year ago
@takeyourpillz: THat is true. Nothing moves faster than light IN spacetime. But space(time) itself expands, which is something completely different.
albedoshader 1 year ago
@takeyourpillz This has been debunked by modern sub atomic particle physics.
gabrieljones9393 1 year ago
General relativity does not predict that the universe is expanding into another dimension. It's not expanding "into" anything; the space itself is expanding.
Psychelerium 1 year ago
everything has a center but that doesnt mean it was started at the center,eg ,you draw a square and start at one corner and draw your 4 parallel, square, equal measured lines and you finish with a 'square', draw a line from corner to opposite corner and you find its centre, yet it didnt start at this point, this can be done with all shapes according to parallel and mass,thinking that we are the center is just human ignorance , stupidity or if your religious then both and brainwashed, my opinion
6taffy7 1 year ago
This guy's style is nice. Good talk!!
2eelShmeal 1 year ago
@mystic81006: "Is there a center of the Universe? no one knows..."
Just because YOU don't know, doesn't mean "no one knows". Your ignorance about cosmology comes shining through your post. Yet another Dunning-Kruger dropout. Typical; since you don't know, gosh, no one else can, right? Because no one can be smarter than you, right? Fail.
ravengirl1960 1 year ago
@ravengirl1960 Wow, way to go passive-aggressive.
Asthfghl 1 year ago
I am christian but i really hate chritians. All they do is try to justify everything with their religion. Whatever.
amsummerour 1 year ago
@amsummerour you mean critters.
mikaelsify 1 year ago
is there a center of the Universe? no one knows, and if anyone listens to this guy here as there is no center to our Universe they are lisening to knothing. he has never ever been to the outer regions of our universe nore has any one else ever. If you can not be there you would never know. so becouse of this all he has to say is as a child. he is still just a child in his learning.not trying to put him down please forgive me for that but yes, still just a child.
mystic81006 1 year ago
@mystic81006 He is just telling the story of how scientific discovery has systematically changed our ides of ourselves as the center of the universe to simply on one planet around one typical star in a typical galaxy inside a giant universe. We are not the center as religion dogma has taught. You are correct that he is like a child and still learning, but understanding much more that the baby who still clings to religious iron age mythology of man as the center of the universe created by God.
coolgreyoneabby 1 year ago
ooops sorry locrianboy, I mis-understood your post. I thought you said that you made an educated decision to believe in gods. my bad!
mdo686 1 year ago
So you considered physics, biology, the fossil record, special relativity, the speed of light, quantum mechanics, geology, history etc, and you compared it too "god did it" and you made an educated choice to believe in the supernatural.......WOW!!!!! Thanks, I needed a good laugh!
mdo686 1 year ago
@kryckeestrooff ......ok I read some of your crap....I get it. What I don`t understand is why you are wasteing your time here. It must be so great to have all your wisdom and all your understanding of God. How lucky you are! You are indeed close to divine. I`m voting for you as the next jesus!
mdo686 1 year ago
Bible Laws lol. Philosophers said the same things long before the bible was ever dreamed up. If you really want to know about the universe, roll up your sleeves and get learning. There are lots of REAL mysteries out there.
mdo686 1 year ago
What happened before the "Big Bang" or what caused it we may never know. Even though it has been shown that life can begin with just basic elements and that the universe does not need to have a creator, a creation force can still not be totaly ruled out. However, if there is a creator, only science can show us how it was done, not some 2000 year old book written by terrorists!
mdo686 1 year ago
@mdo686 It should be apparent to anyone with even half a chimpanzee's brain, that by your closing statement you have the mind of a CNN junkie!
I'm not going to argue with someone like that, so don't even bother. Get help before it's too late!
kryckeestrooff 1 year ago
It's only sad that people who claim higher knowledge (CelticReject) can only deem religion as ignorant, instead of actually humouring their theory as I do, contrast to the fact that I am Christian.
Science is only another belief, accept it or you yourself are the ignorance you claim to loathe. Humour the idea that maybe science is not the only explanation. That said, I believe that at most, we have almost no real knowledge pertaining to higher being, or at most, life.
44Unoriginal44 1 year ago
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44Unoriginal44 1 year ago
Why, thank you. I'm not right often, so I'll take the compliment. :-)
locrianboy 1 year ago
It's amazing that scientific discussion can not go on without god cropping up. God is simply an expression of humans' ego and need to feel important and eternal. Because the universe is a scary place and we're very tiny We're no more important that earth worms. We're all going to be returned to the universe and be food for another solar system somewhere. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only change form. One day we might be the cells in the sphincter in some alien butt hole.
locrianboy 1 year ago
@locrianboy lol! crude but pretty much correct.
rnrbishop 1 year ago
@locrianboy I can agree partly with what you are saying about energy, but God is not a expression of of human ego, it is rather science which is the expression of ego. Science creates prestigious awards unto itself and those who take part, while on the other hand a TRUE belief in God gives glory to Him, rather than the self! I think you've watched too many TV evangelists, and Lying Fuck presidents who claim God is on their side! Both of which are full of human ego, not God!
kryckeestrooff 1 year ago
@kryckeestrooff I propose that to believe in some mysterious figure that will have us live eternally after death, or to believe that we, bags of chemicals, raw meat and electricity are somehow important in this universe is the height of egocentricity. I reject the proposition that to believe in a being who is spiteful, egocentric, hypocritical and megalomaniacal (if we are to believe the bible) is a better way to live than a life dedicated to questioning the nature of things.
locrianboy 1 year ago
@locrianboy Oh I see! So your one of those people who claim to have read The Bible cover to cover, understanding every word that it contains. What was that you were saying about the height of egocentricity, hypocrisy and megalomaniacs?
Try to understand this. If it weren't for the Laws we have which WERE obtained from The Bible, it is a very high possibility that you would not even exist, nor your parents/ grandparents. People like you toss your blessings away without even giving them thought!
kryckeestrooff 1 year ago
@kryckeestrooff Quite a supposition and judgment. I didn't claim to have read it cover to cover or have read and understood every word. I did have 14 years of schooling in which studying the book was a requirement. On the other side I was given other evidence to consider, and made an educated decision. Much thought and many years of discussion went into my decision. I reject the idea of the basis of laws. I would find it disturbing to think that divine sanction is required to make us good.
locrianboy 1 year ago
Why is he holding that mic if he has one on his collar? One for the room and one for the recording?
KaslarProductions 1 year ago
Damn, the very space is expanding, such a difficult concept to grasp. They asked the question like three times, despite it being the main point of the lecture. Is there one point where the big bang started? No, the very space is expanding. It's an awesome universe we live in isn't it?
Negatif666 1 year ago
Copernicus got his ideas from Aristarchus, BTW. The speaker didn't mention that...
CadaverSplatter 1 year ago
So, The Bible is wrong...!
tehuan1 1 year ago
If you have any interest in Scinece and the world around you, read Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Universe". Genius.
HabloIrlandes 1 year ago
I've always wanted to ask this. But doesn't anybody consider that adding more and more dimensions in order to explain things that we do not understand kind of remind you of epicycles?
dbullet 1 year ago
He messed it all up in the beginning..
U are the center of your universe thus "the universe"
And thats what u are
Well i will see the rest of it knowing we all got it wrong and noone got i wrong..
RaymGhost 1 year ago 2
If the universe expansion is occurring on another dimension and that is being projected on the dimensions we perceive, why is the expansion only measurable on the distances of galaxies and not on all points of space? (like, from the earth to the sun, or from one atom to another). Is it an irregular expansion?
LKRaider 1 year ago 9
@LKRaider as the forces stared in general relativity and quantum mechanics overwhelm expansion at such a small distance. and that you need the right circumstances to measure distances like supernova and the red shift effect.
Carnage2K4 1 year ago
@LKRaider It might also be that it's simply too small of a distance to see any noticeable effect, but I may be wrong, and it seems like Carnage rather knows what he's talking about.
pyVlad 1 year ago
@LKRaider I think its because the speed at which things move away from us is proportional to its distance from us, or possibily the acceleration is proportional in which case it would be exponential. Everything relative to us IS moving away its just on a small scale it is negligible in the same way our mass effects atoms on the otherside of the universe in a negligible way as gravity is inversly proportionate to distance.
cullurzful 1 year ago
@LKRaider - Current theory is that at the smaller distances "dark matter" is dominant and therefore gravitational force supercedes the repulsive "expansion" force of dark energy. At the larger distances (between galaxies) there is very little matter but there is alot of dark energy, This results in the expansive / repulsive force of dark energy overwhelming the gravitational force in these areas and only in these areas.
ArclightPrime 1 year ago
@LKRaider There are forces that keep small objects together and that are stronger than the expansion of the universe. For instance, gravity is what keeps stars bound to each other making whats called a galaxy. Also, gravity keeps planetary systems working and revolving each other with out letting them rocket off into space. As for atoms, there is what's called electromagnetism, which is a force bounding the nucleus and the electrons together keeping the electron in its orbit.
mitubo123 1 year ago
There two other forces which are the strong and weak nuclear forces that are what keep protons and neutrons tightly held one another. The weak nuclear force holds what are called quarks which are widely believed to be the building blocks of everything.
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@LKRaider The reason you cant measure the expansion at small ranges is the gravitational effect is too great at those distances. The gravitation between the sun and the moon out weights the effect of the expansion. (For now..).
Qosm0s 1 year ago
@LKRaider Perhaps the question is not what are measurable limits, but our limitations of measuring.
JaguarRonin 1 year ago
@LKRaider Galaxies don't expand because of gravity so I guess they are trying to tell us that the galaxies are moving away from each other. I'm not buying it.
felixq78 11 months ago
@felixq78 Science is there for anyone to use. You can conduct your own research and prove or disprove any scientific theory you want. Science doesn't care whether or not you 'buy it'
olmecbones 10 months ago
@LKRaider cause what expands is the fabric of space-time itself..not the things in it
gutiux 10 months ago
@LKRaider Because gravity and electromagnetic forces are greater than the energy for expansion. Imagine being in a stream, while you float, you float downstream along with the expansion of the water downhill. But, if you swim, you can remain stationary while the stream keeps expanding downhill past your location. The swimming energy was enough that you counteracted the expansion. If the energy of expansion keeps increasing, stream or space, there will come a point where expansion wins out.
freedomfrombots 10 months ago
@LKRaider The possible reason for that is the presence of mysterious dark matter within each galaxy, which actually contributes dominating part of the mass that each galaxy has therefore preventing space from expanding. Empty space (space between galaxies) is supposed to lack / being free of it, thats why its capable of expanding... just suggestion
MrAmoralez 9 months ago
@LKRaider i think when they say space is expanding they mean it only expands inbetween galaxies, any volume of space that is influenced by a sufficiently strong gravitational field doesn't expand.
WalterWalkie 9 months ago
@LKRaider
think of the ratio of expansion of that between two galaxies millions of light years apart and that which it takes 8 minutes for light to travel, its imperceptively small i would have thought over the life time of the most powerful appararus attempting to measure it, that we could create. though some boffin somewhere prolly has a four hundred yard long board with the function describing the amount :S
joppadoni 9 months ago
@LKRaider
I don't think your question has been answered sufficiently. In fact, all space is expanding, albeit imperceptible to our unaided human senses. Even the space between the atoms that make up your body is expanding. The universe expands uniformly, thus you can think of it as pulling on four corners of a rubber sheet. I'm not sure this has much to do with the hypothesis that information is stored separately and projected like a hologram, though. That's a bit of a different question.
kathades 8 months ago
@kathades "Even the space between the atoms that make up your body is expanding". WTF?
Nautilus1972 7 months ago
@LKRaider The space between the earth and the sun IS expanding, just like the rest of the observable universe. The momentum of an orbiting celestial body along with the gravity affecting it dictates the orbit. As space expands, the earth readjusts, maintaining its orbit (although orbits are complicated and may change over time).
JaySmith91 7 months ago
@LKRaider Read that back and ask yourself "what the fuck ..."
Nautilus1972 7 months ago
@LKRaider the gravity of the galaxies keep it relatively close together, and the distance between us and the closest spiral galaxy is I think 1.2 million kilometers, that's 12 times more than the radius of the milky way ;)
Helge129 6 months ago
@Helge129 - Seriously? The distance to the closest spiral galaxy is 1.2 million kilometers? That's pretty fucking amazing, considering that the Earth is roughly 150 million kilometers from the Sun. I guess there's a lot of galaxies between us and the Sun? Let me guess - math wasn't your greatest subject in school.
47f0 6 months ago
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Helge129 6 months ago
@47f0 Let me rephrase my previous comment:
Yes, I suck at maths. But you know what? I don't give a shit. And the only reason I wrote Kilometers instead of Lightyears is because I was fucking tired. Does that get through your thick skull, smartass? I bet you just spent hours looking for comments to point out errors in them, hmm? Specially considering how fricken obvious that mistake was.
Helge129 6 months ago
@Helge129 - not necessary to spend hours looking for something so stunningly wrong. And, for the record, I was tired AND drunk, so I'm not cutting you any slack there. But, as luck would have it, you not only suck at math, but astronomy. The nearest galaxy is considered to be the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, which is roughly 42k light years from our galactic center. So you couldn't even get that right. The nearest spiral galaxy? Andromeda (M31), at 2.56 million light years. Also utterly wrong. Hmm.
47f0 6 months ago
@Helge129 Meh. 1.2 million Lightyears, not kilometers.
Helge129 6 months ago
@LKRaider *24 times more tan the radius
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pigknuckles211 1 year ago
I believe, no proof: That the expansion of the early Universe, (a massive energy field to Dark Mass), is still expanding, (Hubble), this creates a Dark Drag that pulls the other Galaxies/stars away from each other.
Films4You 1 year ago
Can anyone explain how back ground radiation proves that the big bang is a fact? How do we know that we aren't just picking up radiation emmited from an infinite universe, with super massive stars exploding in infinitely rapid succession? I'm not asking to be sarcastic, I genuinely want to know the science behind our knowledge that there even was a beginning.
taosimplicity 1 year ago
The universe might be round.
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Phatcass 1 year ago
what song is that in the start ???
farerse 2 years ago
Casio keyboard set to the strings patch. I was waiting on a tasty beat to start. Gotta have that half-clap, half barrel in a cathedral snare.
lochnarus 1 year ago 3
@lochnarus what? the song name or artist
farerse 1 year ago
Iol I dont have any clue dude. man some people have no sense of humor. Clap clap clap clap clap hey!...clap clap clap clap clap clap hey!
lochnarus 1 year ago
@lochnarus your pissing me off dude . joking lol
farerse 1 year ago
So, we are on planet earth, and we make the observations, doesn't that make earth the center of the observable universe ?
JustinBringit 2 years ago
puns..... :-)
willesnille 2 years ago
@ willesnille : Key words to my question,
are : "The Observable Universe."
I am pretty sure earth is where I am. =)
JustinBringit 2 years ago
No. It's mearly relative. I could say from my current position (25 north of London) that I am the centre of the Universe, when in fact I am simply the center of MY universe. You are the centre of yours, and the Earth is the centre of OURS, but even in a galaxy 12 Billion light years fom here, you could still ask the same question.
Neutrinoghost 2 years ago
@Neutrinoghost ,
I see your point, and i concur.
JustinBringit 2 years ago
The "center of the universe" is the place in the universe where the most exciting, creative and imaginative occurrences are taking place. In other words, the true center of the universe is in Tuks Lossmann's backyard.
Gerkinstock 1 year ago
Lots of distortions about the Anthropic Principle too. First of all, it's not "so called" - that's its name. Second, it does NOT say the universe is built for us - that's Mr. White's distortion to set it up for ridicule. It says the universe is extremely unlikely to be the way it is without some guiding principle.
The idea that there are other, different universes is as unscientific as anything I've ever heard, but somehow to Mr. White it explains why this one isn't special.
Zrotpar 2 years ago
If the universe is a curved 3D "surface", then no, there's no center. If it isn't; if it's flat in 4 dimensions, then it DOES have a center. After years of searching there is NO EVIDENCE of any curvature in the universe.
Admit it pal; you don't know if the universe has a center or not. There's no crime in not knowing - the true crime is BSing people about it simply so you can say you don't believe in God.
Zrotpar 2 years ago
Right on.
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TheDaveBar 2 years ago
Time, space and gravity are illusions. The universe is continually created and resolving it doesnt expand into something, theres no edge, no "size" Entangle entities occupy same space. Not so entangled entities appearing separate to observers. As matter resolves, the illusion of space collapses between them as observed as gravitational attraction and motion as wave functions presses to in-phase becoming one. Cosmic red shift is illusion of matter shrinking not an expanding universe.
spacedecoy 2 years ago
wouldn't distant things in space be further back in time so that would present higher velocities with respect to earlier conditions?
tiggxx 2 years ago
I think so, it makes sense
DioMarti 2 years ago
And that's how galaxies are born, planets.....etc.
When you look at the pictures of galaxy clusters, you see that each galaxy has different x,y,z vector(galaxy) in space from each other.
If even vector of future paths with speed are reversed to the point of richocheting, you would need as reaaaaaaaly powerful supercomputer to even calculate possible centres.
So powerful that it must calculate reversal of all galaxy creation and motion. to a single point.
Universe had point of origin at begining.
neXus200xx 2 years ago
If you want to play the "Why?" game, you can't just pick a place to stop asking it. Turtles all the way down and whatnot.
polarberg 2 years ago
Who put drugs in your cocaine?
neXus200xx 2 years ago 2
Explanation of universe expansion with Raisins in bread is horrible. Even those raisins had starting point. But the difference in raisins and Bing Bang, is that Bing Bang was singularity. Be it 1 dimesional and releasing other 2 with time. Or just time in vector field.
Everything you see in nature, has a starting point and it's complex.
Imagine Atom colissions in explosion, that is how universe started. It had center, but from all of richocheting it expands differently.. Continued....
neXus200xx 2 years ago
You don´t know, nobody does. What you see in nature reight now on this earth and even in outerspace known is just what everyone´s senses can capture, and the known universe is nothing compared to what it might be. It may have never had a starting point, because time is a mesure humans use to explain the movement of atoms and things in general, time and movement are together. The universe may never had a starting point.
DioMarti 2 years ago 2
You talk about all the people that had a missperseption of the universe. But how is it that the sumerians that lived as recent as 7000 years ago got it right. They knew the sun was the center of ours. Why was this knoledge burried for such a long time. and how did we start to believe the oppiside and now again the oppesite. i wander
voidows 2 years ago
I really enjoyed this-wonderful speaker! I was particularly struck by his respect for religion rather than condemning it as some scientists have.
omocorp 2 years ago
religion is the crutch for those that can't handle reality - religion has no place in current times, and certainly no place in politics or societal decision making - if it serves some purpose for someone that doesn't want, or can't, to understand the universe, then so be it - but religious zealots should be regarded the same way as those that believed the Earth was flat
macspectrum 2 years ago 3
So macspeculum understands the universe? WOW! That's quite an accomplishment. Even people like Einstein weren't bold enough to make such claims, and you're no Einstein! I make a simple comment here and get attacked by some arrogant moron. How Pathetic. "Religion is the crutch for those that can't handle reality." Another original comment. Guess we've never heard that one before.
omocorp 2 years ago
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god is not real
FIGHTFANNERD3 1 year ago 63
hes an alien.
sonicchao112244 1 year ago
@FIGHTFANNERD3 your mom is not real
julian3858 1 year ago
@FIGHTFANNERD3
PROVE IT!!!!
33Barker 1 year ago
@FIGHTFANNERD3
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BURNS doesn't it.
33Barker 1 year ago
@FIGHTFANNERD3 i'll tell you what is real light now what is that can tell me just a question i don't blevieve in some man in the clouds.
TheLovesoul1 1 year ago
@FIGHTFANNERD3 Prove it. You cant prove he does, you cant prove he doesn’t. Saying he doesn’t make as much sense that saying he does. But there definitely is a flying spaghetti monster :-)
tafftastic 1 year ago 2
@tafftastic Don't knock the flying spaghetti monster.
He exists and you can't prove he doesn't.....my holy cookbook says so. :)
jimmywrangles 1 year ago 3
@FIGHTFANNERD3 He is real he just doznt give a fuck about u havin sex and taking drugs, so u can do it if u want, no one has ever regreted something they did, u only regret stuf u ddnt do!
LgGerminator 1 year ago
@LgGerminator You have the logic of a Meth-Head! To say no one has ever regretted something they have done is both, ignorance and stupidity at it's finest!
There are many scenarios where people have regrets, if you claim to have none, you are merely a fucking liar, unworthy of any further comment!
kryckeestrooff 1 year ago
@kryckeestrooff To posit a god is to diminish the awe and wonder of the universe as we see it.
You can keep your unfounded and deluded beliefs, just stay away from people and institutions that are intellectually honest.
Scanini 1 year ago
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@FIGHTFANNERD3 then I guess you are not real
mystic81006 1 year ago
@FIGHTFANNERD3 No-one knows that, either way.
Jammsbro1 1 year ago
@FIGHTFANNERD3 Because things that a gravitationally bound overides the effect, that is why the doppler effect red shift is between galaxies and not stars. In the spaces between galaxies the expansion dominates.
unnameuserble 1 year ago 2
@FIGHTFANNERD3
GOD is the only thing that IS REAL.
GOD is existence it SELF.
Scientific compartmentalization of objects is NOT REAL.
It is a futile mental exercise.
An exercise in ILLUSION.
That is why the Bible says don't eat from the fruit of knowledge.
That kind of knowledge will blind you to the existence of the Unity of GOD.
VeggiePower303 11 months ago
@VeggiePower303 'The Bible' does not say that; The Lord, a character in that book, says so within the context of the story--and is later shown to be an unreliable and untrustworthy character. maybe you should read it again?
TheDahliaTelegraph 11 months ago
@VeggiePower303 It was called the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil". There's nothing 'good' or 'evil' about astronomy, it's just astronomy.
Even so, if he didn't want anyone to eat from that tree, then he should have called it the "Tree of Stupidity" because that's basically what you're saying we all are as a result of eating its fruit, right?
olmecbones 11 months ago
@olmecbones Yes. That is what I am saying Humanity has become stupid and evil as the result of messing around with tech"knowledge"y.
Look what we are doing to each-other, and call it PROGRESS.
It is the opposite.
All human values are being destroyed and we are becoming robots to serve an oppressive machine called economy.
It is all illusion and it has come out of the false perception that we actually understand something.
We never did and never will.
REALITY can not be understood.
VeggiePower303 11 months ago
@VeggiePower303 You shouldn't be using the computer then, otherwise you're just making yourself look like a hypocrite and no one listens to a hypocrite.
olmecbones 11 months ago
@olmecbones I do what I can within the system to make people aware of their predicament.
I am using the system (computers and all) and not being used by them, like most people are.
Again your simplistic mind has made the mistake that you understand my situation and made a judgment on me as being a hypocrite. This is exactly the kind of ILLUSION I was talking about.
You are being deceived by your own mind.
But your mind will not let you see this.
You are a slave to it.
Wake up!
VeggiePower303 10 months ago
@VeggiePower303 You disagree with technology yet by your own admission, you reap it's benefits? That's hypocritical no matter how you put it or how you use it.
olmecbones 10 months ago
@VeggiePower303 Jesus Fucking H Harry Christ. Why do religious fucking morons have to keep trolling science videos??? give it a fucking rest!!! no one gives a shit about your imaginary friend
roont 6 months ago
@roont You are a very ignorant person, You have never investigated if God exists or not, yet you are convinced that He doesn't.
Look at the language you are using with someone who has never done anything to you. And you want to appear more knowledgeable. This is Egoism and delusion exactly the thing I was talking about.
This is exactly what the demonic brainwashing wants you to believe.
That there is no God.
VeggiePower303 6 months ago
@VeggiePower303 - oh please. I've never investigated whether unicorns exist or not. I've never investigated whether Thor exists or not. I've never investigated whether Athena exists or not. And neither have you. You simply have picked one imaginary mythology, or fantasy that you like because that's what you were exposed to, and you simply swallowed it, hook, line and sinker without every applying any critical thought at all to your delusion.
47f0 6 months ago
@47f0 I wasn't talking about unicorns and all the other stuff you mentioned, but I have investigated if God exists and I have found Him/Her. I don't need faith to believe in God because I am in daily contact with Him/Her.
He helps me all the time. It is better than having a billion Dollar bank account.
But you believe that He doesn't exist so you are fallowing a belief system. Atheism is also a belief system.
You are the one who has never applied critical thought, you simply decided He's not.
VeggiePower303 5 months ago
@VeggiePower303 - faulty thinking. A) You ARE talking about unicorns and all that other stuff - because you've decided that Thor and Athena don't exist. You have decided that literally thousands of gods don't exist. You just picked one that made you feel warm and fuzzy. Question: Why do you need faith? The Old Testament characters didn't need faith. God was in their face with evidence. Burning shrubbery that would talk to you. Angels you could physically wrestle. Pillars of salt. All evidence.
47f0 5 months ago
@VeggiePower303 You found God? Tell us where he is, because nobody else knows. This would be Nobel material. Don't say look inside of ourselves: there is no way to distinguish claims of divinity or supernatural voices in your head from the ordinary workings (or dysfunctions) of the brain. How can you be sure you are not delusional? What tests have you performed? You are in daily contact with him? Then surely you'll be willing to have him answer serious questions through you, his spokeman?