Space and Science BS Thread

There's a good chance I'm not in the top 10% of the gene pool.

 

You didn't get in the door at Fermi in 1985 by being a dumbass

 

I'm no where near the top 10%, but I feel bad when I look around at some of the people I come in contact with in my day to day life, I can't help but wonder how the hell they make it home everyday without leaving a trail of bread crumbs.

 

That's cool. I like the airstream sculpture he did with feynman diagrams on the side.
BTW, Are you involved with SciBooNE at all?

 

This thread was busy over the weekend!

"Vsauce" has a great youtube channel and this video around 9 mins talks about everything is at the center of the universe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pAnRKD4raY

X2

 

I work with these people.. people that fus over the smallest of issues. Now i know im not the smartest person by a long shot and i dont act to be one but i swear when i go to work i feel like Albert Einstein

 

You must be at Fermi lab. Just down the road from me.
Oops, just read the previous posts.

 

if our universe was a googolplex meters across it would be statically nearly impossible for there not to be an exact replica of you out there

awesome

 

Yeah, maybe its just a lack of common sense or straight laziness but not a lot of people want to try and figure out even basic things, and then some people are just plain stupid.

 

Im gonna go ahead and say its larger than that

I agree with all 3 of those..

 

According to vsauce its not, not that I would know. Although I do think that with all of the infinite universes that could be out there its definitely a possibility. There are galaxies that dwarf our galaxy, and then there are galaxies that dwarf those galaxies. I mean for all we know there are multiple versions of all of us. What if every time you made a decision another universe fractured off as if you chose differently? I don't know how that would be scientifically possible but its fun to trip out on.

 

COSMOS was good last night

 

I wouldnt say they are identical to us but I do believe there is intelligent life somewhere out there

 

Sad that I missed it. Ive watched a bunch of the original one and read the book.

 

Absolutely.... the whole identical thing is more of a stoned thought haha but to deny that there is intelligent life outside of this world is so close minded. I don't know how anyone could ever believe that. Hell 70% of our earth is covered in water and we don't even know whats in there

 

They did a good job on it. Good graphics. I think it could have had more depth. Contained mostly information I already knew.
And that damn commercials.

 

I thought the Universe Timeline calender was awesome

 

That's was cool. I tried to google it to see if I could find a 2014 cosmos calender lol.

 

Ralph Leighton is giving a lecture here at the lab about Richard Feynman followed with a performance by Huun-Huur-Tu aka the throat singers of Tuva. We will have a number of Tufte's sculptures here on display as well. I'll be involved in all of that. I've met Huun-Huur-Tu before. When you hear them in person it's just amazing. I'm not on the SciBooNE experiment but I know a few people who are.

 

If you can get a pic with him that would be sweet. I loved Tuva or Bust!
Did you see the TV special recently about the Challenger disaster and Dick?
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it.