mikesta707 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Anyone interested in Physics? Well a Russian physicist recently created a new theory for gravity. Excerpt from beginning of article: Was Newton right and Einstein wrong? It seems that unzipping the fabric of spacetime and harking back to 19th-century notions of time could lead to a theory of quantum gravity. sauce: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=splitting-time-from-space I read through that and thought it was pretty interesting. Maybe we can finally explain what the hell gravity is for a change. Opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keldorn Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 There is another theory that the world we see is actually a projected hologram by our senses which is sent to our consciousness to enjoy, but in reality were just a wave of energy. There is also a religion based on this in Hindu, called Maya. The world as illusion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCLK2WwxIQU Now if the universe is a hologram what is gravity really? It probably just as fake as matter. Whatever matter is, it isn't made of matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesta707 Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 Meh, if I wanted to learn about crazy theories I'll just research string theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I wanted to do 'In soviet russia...' joke, but... how do you know he's Russian? He's surname's seems Czech or Slovak to me, and he is said to be working at UC Berkeley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Meh, if I wanted to learn about crazy theories I'll just research string theory String theory is actually quite interesting. It just seems to be all over the place, but it's only a work in progress so I guess that's to be expected. There aren't people smart enough to solve the equations in string theory, so I'm not sure how that's going.. Of course none of this can be proven, that's why it's called theoretical physics. Theories like String Theory and Relativity are under theoretical physics because although they can't be proven they're based on proven physics, unlike these other theories keldorn is talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesta707 Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 I wanted to do 'In soviet russia...' joke, but... how do you know he's Russian? He's surname's seems Czech or Slovak to me, and he is said to be working at UC Berkeley You know, I thought it said somewhere that he was Russian, but upon reading it again, it seems I was mistaken. Maybe I just assume all physicists are Russian for some reason... hmmm and Yeah string theory IS interesting, and all that Jazz, but its fun to make fun of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Maybe I just assume all physicists are Russian for some reason... hmmm Or perhaps that all physicists working on alternative gravity theories are Russian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesta707 Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 Haha, yeah that must be it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keldorn Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I haven't read up string theory but I'll definitely check it out. I love these crazy theories. Did you guys know that matter is 99.9999% empty space? If you compare an atom to a football stadium, its like a football (Nucleus) sitting in the middle of the stadium and a few golf balls moving around the stadium, its mostly vacuum. What that reminds me of, is in video games, you ever find a bug where you slip threw a wall? Whats inside the wall? Nothing... Slip threw the solid you see and you'll find nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesta707 Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 yes, and the bleachers would be the farthest electron cloud, and the front row would be the closest electron cloud. But I remember many a times Where I fell through the wall/floor in halo. One time I fell through the sky... that was weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 But I remember many a times Where I fell through the wall/floor in halo. One time I fell through the sky... that was weird Only sucky games do that, hey what a surprise, halo! Anyways, lets not get off topic! I don't really pay much attention to anything that doesn't make sense to me. Personally, I don't really understand any of those theories so I just let them be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cags Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Personally I find that gravity seems stronger when your drunk, it's much harder to stay stood up... I'm sure many Russians have an opinion on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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