Random Scientific Questions

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
there should be a science forum on here. i 've always thought that for years.

my question i always wanted to know, and i know no one person or persons has the answer yet, or that i know of, but i've always wondered if the universe goes on forever to infinity and beyond or is there a proverbial wall where things just stop.

or is the unverse, just a small area in the cosmos, with many clusters of galaxies with in it, that can be left behind (maybe into another universe. -or not-)..

but then do the cosmos have a wall or is it just forever. infinite and eternal, with no beginning or end..

it's really all just unimaginable. but there is are answers. factually. naturally or scientifically.

Maybe the universe is a four dimensional hypersphere. That means if you could magically move across the universe, you would come back to where you started regardless of the direction you came from.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
there should be a science forum on here. i 've always thought that for years.

my question i always wanted to know, and i know no one person or persons has the answer yet, or that i know of, but i've always wondered if the universe goes on forever to infinity and beyond or is there a proverbial wall where things just stop.

or is the unverse, just a small area in the cosmos, with many clusters of galaxies with in it, that can be left behind (maybe into another universe. -or not-)..

but then do the cosmos have a wall or is it just forever. infinite and eternal, with no beginning or end..

it's really all just unimaginable. but there is are answers. factually. naturally or scientifically.

One popular concept is that the universe is both finite and has no "wall". Imagine a baseball, if you were a microbe living on it you could calculate the area of your "universe" but you would never find an edge to it.

The universe may well be built the same way, except in 4 spatial dimensions rather than three. It's literally impossible to visualize but describing it mathematically is possible.

However, the last heard was that no one was really sure about the shape of the universe.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Maybe the universe is a four dimensional hypersphere. That means if you could magically move across the universe, you would come back to where you started regardless of the direction you came from.

i'm assuming by magic you meant something that's phisically possible some how in some way but just unexplainable rather than pixie dust hocus pocus.

teleporation is what you seem to mean and that's not phisically possible as far as i know. but then again i hear that there are places just in our universe where the laws of physics are completely different from what we know or experience here in our cosmic neighborhood.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
i'm assuming by magic you meant something that's phisically possible some how in some way but just unexplainable rather than pixie dust hocus pocus.

teleporation is what you seem to mean and that's not phisically possible as far as i know. but then again i hear that there are places just in our universe where the laws of physics are completely different from what we know or experience here in our cosmic neighborhood.

That was just a narrative device. What I meant was if you could travel much faster then the speed of light. That would be like magic.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
there should be a science forum on here. i 've always thought that for years.

my question i always wanted to know, and i know no one person or persons has the answer yet, or that i know of, but i've always wondered if the universe goes on forever to infinity and beyond or is there a proverbial wall where things just stop.

or is the unverse, just a small area in the cosmos, with many clusters of galaxies with in it, that can be left behind (maybe into another universe. -or not-)..

but then do the cosmos have a wall or is it just forever. infinite and eternal, with no beginning or end..

it's really all just unimaginable. but there is are answers. factually. naturally or scientifically.

http://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/multiverse.pdf

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
One popular concept is that the universe is both finite and has no "wall". Imagine a baseball, if you were a microbe living on it you could calculate the area of your "universe" but you would never find an edge to it.

The universe may well be built the same way, except in 4 spatial dimensions rather than three. It's literally impossible to visualize but describing it mathematically is possible.

However, the last heard was that no one was really sure about the shape of the universe.

this asian guy named, mr. kaku, presented what he though the universe looked like phisically, but in theory of course. it was a 4d digital illustation of the whole entire universe and it looked like a virtual glistening spiderweb of galactic clusters going out in every direction.

Originally posted by Mindship
What do you mean by "universe?" Ours could be one of many if you're thinking Hubble volume. Or, in the broadest sense, existence is whatever form it can/does/eventually will take (ultimately, whatever the Ultimate Ground is, by definition it is infinite and eternal).

http://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/multiverse.pdf

whoa. i read the first couple of pages and printed that out. now that's a piece you take your time with and delve into for the evening. thanks Mindship.

loved the concept level 1 reigions beyond our cosmic horizon and level 4 where there indeed may be different fudamental equations and laws of physics as i wrote earlier.

and by univese i meant that unit of galactice clusters, that we and our planet, are apart of. that corner or area or part of the cosmos where these networks of clusters take up space. we could be one of many universes but still. my main thing is whether or not there is a "wall", if not in the universe but the cosmos. and even then, what's beyond this "wall"...God? nah j/k..

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
and by univese i meant that unit of galactice clusters, that we and our planet, are apart of.

That's like saying "the planet Earth" when you mean "in my apartment".

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
this asian guy named, mr. kaku, presented what he though the universe looked like phisically, but in theory of course. it was a 4d digital illustation of the whole entire universe and it looked like a virtual glistening spiderweb of galactic clusters going out in every direction.

That would be an image of the observable universe. Powerful telescopes make it possible to see that galaxies really are arranged in networks of strings. But that doesn't tell us what the shape of the whole universe.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
That's like saying "the planet Earth" when you mean "in my apartment".

That would be an image of the observable universe. Powerful telescopes make it possible to see that galaxies really are arranged in networks of strings. But that doesn't tell us what the shape of the whole universe.

no, he said "this is what our whole entire universe may look like." not just the observable portion. like, we're talking all of it and not just what we've phisically captured so far with the tech we have now.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
no, he said "this is what our whole entire universe may look like." not just the observable portion. like, we're talking all of it and not just what we've phisically captured so far with the tech we have now.

the universe almost certainly contains physical structures that are impossible for the human brain to visualize, specifically a fourth dimension.

Originally posted by inimalist
the universe almost certainly contains physical structures that are impossible for the human brain to visualize, specifically a fourth dimension.

almost certainly? if you're saying our brains can't even imagine these physical structures yet they almost certainly exist what makes you so certain that they're there?

my point is these questions are unanswerable from a human perspective but there is definetely a natural answer.

all one can do is wonder or theorize or use advance math and relative science to get as close to the or an answer as possible.

is there a cosmic or universal "wall" or not. i don't think anyone on earth knows. but there is a definite answer. and it's factually either yes or no. and that's ok for now.

you know, i think that's my answer. "that's it factually either yes or no."

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
almost certainly? if you're saying our brains can't even imagine these physical structures yet they almost certainly exist what makes you so certain that they're there?

because every mathematical model we have regarding the structure of the universe includes such things, afaik.

i wonder how Sheldon from the big bang theory would be labeled if he were analyzed by a psychiatrist, if he would fit any mental issues?

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Originally posted by King Castle
i wonder how Sheldon from the big bang theory would be labeled if he were analyzed if he would fit any mental issues?

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Fictionanitis?

Originally posted by King Castle
i wonder how Sheldon from the big bang theory would be labeled if he were analyzed by a psychiatrist, if he would fit any mental issues?

A person normally interacting with a group of friends?

that would be: none

Originally posted by King Castle
i wonder how Sheldon from the big bang theory would be labeled if he were analyzed if he would fit any mental issues?

From what I've heard he's meant to have a vaguely autistic spectrum disorder, because his defining trait is intelligence and TV writers don't know any other way to represent that.

Originally posted by inimalist
A person normally interacting with a group of friends?

that would be: none

no hyper attention, egotistical behavior, xenophobia etc etc...

those guys arent really sheldon's friends he just finds them tolerable, leanard is his friend due to circumstance b/c they live together and leanard has a car.

Originally posted by King Castle
that's it?

no hyper attention, egotistical behavior, xenophobia etc etc...

those guys arent really sheldon's friends he just finds them tolerable, leanard is his friend due to circumstance b/c they live together and leanard has a car.

this:

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
From what I've heard he's meant to have a vaguely autistic spectrum disorder, because his defining trait is intelligence and TV writers don't know any other way to represent that.

also: neither hyperattention, egotistical behaviour or xenophobia are mental disorders in any sense.

isn't he supposed to have asperger's syndrome?

Breakout Character Syndrome.