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12-11-2013, 03:37 PM
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Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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What if, like, the Universe was just a hologram, man
Turns out a stoner's theory of the cosmos just might be true.
http://www.nature.com/news/simulatio...logram-1.14328
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12-11-2013, 03:45 PM
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I've got to admit that on stuff like this, I have NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!
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12-11-2013, 03:57 PM
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Location: Cary, NC
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Eh, it's just mathematical models - they are saying lots of dimensions with gravity gives the same results as fewer dimensions without gravity, and thus they can use a simpler model that more closely matches what we observe (3 dimensions with gravity) to make predictions.
It's like saying if you got a fancy French or other 5-* restaurant and use lots of words, or if you go to the McDonalds Drive-Thru, you're still getting a hamburger...
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12-11-2013, 04:30 PM
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I'm with Kodos. I appreciate the attempt, Greg, but I still don't get it.
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12-11-2013, 04:34 PM
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Coordinator
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Location: NJ
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It's mathematics, the universe is a hamburger. Probably a quarter pounder.
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12-11-2013, 04:34 PM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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I think it is a bit more complicated than that. Think of it more like trying to solve an algebraic equation using the rules for diagramming a sentence structure or vice versa. You can't. What they might have found in their simulations is a way to do just that.
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12-11-2013, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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I like this stuff, I just don't entirely understand what they are saying, unless they are saying that the real world is a secret universe that is big and fat, except completely flat, which I concur with completely.
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12-11-2013, 08:04 PM
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Location: Cary, NC
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Quote:
But now they can make it with Krispy Kreme doughnuts!
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12-11-2013, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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They're saying the Matrix is real and we're stuck in it ...  |
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12-11-2013, 08:29 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Here and There
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10 dimensions for the price of 1
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