Fierce_LiNk Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 Stumbled across this yesterday, Watched all of this an hour or so ago. Beatiful. Also, that soundtrack was amazing. The reason why humans exist? To create music in tandem with images and videos of space. Space rock.
The Bard Posted April 15, 2012 Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) That video makes me want to break out the bong. The Hamlet quote "What a piece of work is a man" at 5:45 seems so out of place too considering in the actual play it fits in a pretty sinister context. Edited April 15, 2012 by The Bard
Retro_Link Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 The UK and Ireland 'Moon Set' Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany London
Retro_Link Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 The Flight Deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 Awesome! Straight out of a science fiction.
Diageo Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 Does anyone want to discuss the current theories surrounding the idea of what came before the big bang?
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 I'm always up for such discussions, though I don't know much on the topic.
Diageo Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 Well I was recently reading Stephen Hawking's book, The Grand Design. And he describes how gravity allows the appearance of matter from nothing on a global level, but not a local level. This is due to gravity being a negative force and the creation of matter being a positive force. Anyway, it all sounds very good, but I'm not sure I understand it, and was hoping people could help me shed some light on it.
The Peeps Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 What are the current theories? :p Yeah that went straight over my head lol
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 I have that book, but I got stuck when he started on quantum mechanics. When I'd spent several hours rereading and trying to understand the same three pages, I gave up. :p
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 When he started explaining the strange behaviour of light in the slit experiment, about how it takes all possible paths or something to that effect. I started obsessing with trying to understand it and never really got further. I want to give it a shot again, but I rarely sit down and read at the moment.
Diageo Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 Well I understood the basic premise, but I didn't really see how it made sense. But I think that's the point. Quantum physics doesn't work in the way we are accustomed to in this macro environment, so it requires a sort of suspension of disbelief. Or an acceptance that the evidence says it must work that way even though it works counter intuitively.
MoogleViper Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 "Anyone who says that they understand Quantum Mechanics does not understand Quantum Mechanics" - Richard Feynman
MindFreak Posted April 19, 2012 Posted April 19, 2012 I have read the book "Quantum Enigma - Physics encounters consciousness" by Bruce Roseblum and Fred Kuttner, which actually gives a good introduction to the thoughts of quantum mechanics. You should consider giving that book a go, it enlightens the basic premise of QM rather well.
Diageo Posted April 21, 2012 Posted April 21, 2012 Thanks, I'll have a look at it. I'm just waiting for the council of knowledge (@Supergrunch, @Jayseven & @The Bard) to come in here and clear things up.
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted April 21, 2012 Posted April 21, 2012 (edited) Seems we can't mention jayseven with his down under name. Edited April 21, 2012 by Dannyboy-the-Dane
Diageo Posted April 21, 2012 Posted April 21, 2012 That would need to be @%1;. Thanks Dannyboy, what would I do without you?
Supergrunch Posted April 22, 2012 Posted April 22, 2012 Yeah, I'm no physicist and haven't read Hawking's book - my only advanced knowledge of quantum physics comes from the bits and pieces of Schrödinger's equation etc. they taught me in chemistry undergrad. You guys really need someone like @Ginger_Chris, who still appears here occasionally. Still, I never understood why people expect things to be even remotely intuitive at the quantum level...
Cube Posted April 22, 2012 Posted April 22, 2012 I studied physics and astrophysics at university. I have no idea.
MoogleViper Posted April 22, 2012 Posted April 22, 2012 Still, I never understood why people expect things to be even remotely intuitive at the quantum level... Becaus that's how our brain works, and everything we encounter is.
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