'Scientists understand only 4% of universe'

Despite all the scientific breakthroughs and Nobel Prizes for discoveries, scientists seem to be no nearer to a possible answer to their main question - why did the universe appear? ­RT sat down to talk to Aleksey Filippenko, an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, CA.

He was the member of the team that received 2011 Nobel Prize for discovering the dark energy that is speeding up the expansion of the entire universe. And he believes that it could have sprung into existence without any divine help whatsoever.

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[travis shirey]

so then we dont know what we know 4% of? lol we know 4% of something just dont know what. fuck just tell me which one of these guys pulled the number 4 out of their ass and get them fired for it please!

[travis shirey]

so we dont know how big the universe is, but we say we know about 4% of it? am i taking this in right?

[varient3]

Congratulations. You are what is wrong with the world. That truck of yours got a hemi? YEEHAAWWW

[King Willie]

You clearly don't have the slightest understanding of the subject matter. We understand the 4%, which is what we can see (the observable universe). The 96% is measurable, however, we don't yet know exactly what it is. An analogy would be weighing yourself and arriving at a number without knowing all of the ingredients that comprise your body. You can tell me your weight, however, you cannot tell me exactly what your body is comprised of.

[King Willie]

Don't bring that nonsense here. The quran is shit, plain and simple.

[Bjørn Kristian Hansen]

1:50

strange

the idea he is talkin about have i tought about. independently from others.

in fact exactly the same concept. for me that makes perfect sense

[julianothedamned47]

He is so glad that he can talk to someone about it, and she doesnt understand a thing he is saying. lol

[taylorr babbyy]

Everything can be explained eventually, every single thing. There is so much out there that we might not know in our life time but before the earth is destroyed i believe we will understand more than our minds can even imagine right now in this present state of life. But it will be explained one day.

[matt smith]

You can also say God always existed...

[matt smith]

There is nothing, its all an illusion.

[yakkenyi]

there is no such thing as an expanding universe.