Is this the one where Mr. Spock has a beard?
Posted on 07/07/2009 1:06:35 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Did dark matter destroy the universe? You might be looking around at the way things "exist" and thinking "No", but we're talking about ancient history. Three hundred million years after the start of the universe, things had finally cooled down enough to form hydrogen atoms out of all the protons and electrons that were zipping around - only to have them all ripped up again around the one billion year mark. Why?
Most believe that the first quasars, active galaxies whose central black holes are the cosmic-ray equivalent of a firehose, provided the breakup energy, but some Fermilab scientists have another idea. Dan Hooper and Alexander Belikov posit that invisible, self-destructing dark matter may have blown up every atom in the universe. At least it's plausible in that if we wanted to ionize an entire universe, we'd want something that sounded that awesome.
Dark matter is a candidate for providing ionizing radiation because, if it exists at all, it's its own antiparticle: if two dark matter particles hit each other they can blow up. Insane as it sounds, the theory predicts that despite making up most of everything the particles themselves are so tiny, and so terribly fussy about colliding, that they can form huge structures without destroying themselves. Positron emissions which may be an indication of exactly this kind of self-destruction have been observed by the European PAMELA satellite currently orbiting the Earth.
As theories go, this one is more awesome than accepted. The quasar hypothesis has wide support, and crediting something we've never even seen with reshaping the universe may be going a little far. Then again, that's what modern cosmology is doing with dark matter anyway, so maybe this idea will fit right in.
Yes.
No.
How do they know this is Universe 1.0? I mean, this may be version 4.8.
Yes, and it was Bush’s fault.
dark matter only exists because without many theories such as “Strings” would fail.
Can you see it? No
Can you touch it? No
Can you feel it? No
Can you measure it? No
Then do you know it is there? Yes
What??? Well it has to be
No, we’ve all just been moved to a parallel universe. At least, it feels that way to me.
If there exists parallel universes what becomes of universe 1.0? Is there then a Universe 1.0 a; Universe 1.0 b etc. etc.?
I recently had bunch of dark matter pumped out of my septic tank.
Do you think it represents a danger to THIS Universe?
I don’t know about all that, but you could certainly SMELL the dark matter I recently had pumped out of my septic tank.
For all we know, we’re compiling right now!
What if this is just a beta?
Apparently the current version of Universe is buggy, with numerous inherent vulnerabilities already having been identified, but the upgrade is on hold, pending user acceptance testing.
Or Version 7.2
We still do not understand the Universe fully. Problem is as follows:
1. Scientists want to explain everything today
2. They don’t have all the data
3. So they take the “lazy” approach by using tricks like alternate universes
I am not saying that alternate universes don’t exist. But in their hurry to prove String Theory or the Super Gravity Theory they use tricks like have the gravitational force leak FROM (or TO) an alternate Universe.
First there are 9 dimensions. Then suddendly they agree with the Super Gravity guys and say there are 10 dimensions.
First there are only a few alternate universes. Then there are infinite.
Over time we will have launched enough space craft and done enough tests with Super Colliders to come up with evidence of what a true history of the Universe was.
Problem is today all these physicists want to make a name for themselves and get grants and they keep coming up with this unproven crap and everytime they cant solve the mathematics behind it they borrow or lend from an alternate universe.
Obama economics at work!!! :)
Just don’t let any salesmen slip into the lab!
“Compiling”
I think that’s the term used by the guy who recently pumped the dark matter out of my septic tank.
PS - I’m sitting here thinking it might be fun to spend the rest of the day posting the phrase: “recently pumped dark matter out of my septic tank” to this thread. I find that phrase strangely amusing... on the other hand, it’s entirely possible that I have finally gone over the edge and have become seriously mentally ill.
Is this the one where Mr. Spock has a beard?
The dark matter which was recently pumped from my septic tank was also “buggy”.
That would all depend on your diet.
Yet another casualty of Dark Matter.
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