Science Overload: Elegant Universe

[Brian]

This was a lot of information, I don't suggest watching them all in a single day. But I'm gonna start watching each slowly. What's the most interesting subject to you??

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program_d.html

[bluehairman]

I don't think there will be one theory that governs everything..
Their traffic light example is flawed. The universe isn't perfect as they suggest. The biggest flaw in the universe is what essentially holds it together, gravity. Eventually, everything will compact itself into one tiny area, and eventually suck the whole universe itself in.

I fail to understand how general relativity makes the slightest sense in anyone's mind.
Would it not make more sense for gravity to be a connection meeting at the middle of two objects?

[aLiNuSh]

Oh my god, I watched that entire thing a couple of years ago and I absolutely hated it because by the end of it there was no answer to my questions. I wanted to find out about string theory and what makes it work and all they kept saying was that "tiny strings that keep vibrating bla bla bla explain everything." How? Why?

I mean it's an interesting thing to watch if you want to be a little bit puzzled at the end, but it doesn't have any concrete down to earth information. I thought the whole thing was just gobbledygook at the end.

[bluehairman]

Well it makes complete sense. Everything revolves around energy. It would make sense that different levels of energy would make up different atoms.

Makes absolute sense, and a thing they could use to prove it is absolute 0. They could make a point that absolute value is completely impossible to reach, because if absolute value was met technically the atoms at absolute 0 would vanish because there was no energy to keep the strings moving. Which is why absolute value hasn't been met.

[Aspras]

Looks interesting, If I get my new acer aspire one before my surgery I might download all of those and watch them at the hospital

[Brian]

Hehe... Screw acer. Get ASUS laptops, they are perfect.

[Dan]

What surgery?? Hope it goes well!

[bluehairman]

Anyways I can't remember what thread I posted this in so I'm posting here because it's about space/universe.

I'm not all up to date on the big bang thing, so maybe I need serious correction BUT....

I said that black holes, if the universe was a program, would be a major glitch. I was thinking, maybe not... Instead, black holes are the recycling process of the universe. The idea is that everything will get sucked into one tiny ball. Universe done, correct? Well, no, according to this video, before the big bang we had an small ball, which eventually something happens and boom the universe is created. So basically, black holes recycle the universe, whipping everything out and creating a new, but same, universe.
Tada. Thought of that on my ride home.

[Brian]

Should become a physicist ^^!
Btw just an update, IDv2 is close!

[aLiNuSh]

IDv2 FTW!
The elegant universe, which apparently seems incomprehensible, FTW!

[bluehairman]

Old, old, topic. BUT I was thinking the other day, the only way to prove this is if we reach absolute zero. Because without any energy then these strings would not vibrate, thus whatever was there would no longer contain any properties whatsoever.
Curious to your guys thoughts on this.