Doghead's Cosmic Bar
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colonel720
20 years ago
20 years ago
a fight between who? Ladydyke and herself?
I have not been in a fight for 2 years and I don't plan on getting in one
Ulrike - of course they can subdivide it! think: if it were possible to continualy divide something by 2 and get to an absolute 0, the thing could not exist in the first place, for you cannot divide by 0, and to reconstruct it to its full state, you would have to multiply it back up, and all you'll get by multiplying by 0, is 0.
I have not been in a fight for 2 years and I don't plan on getting in one

Ulrike - of course they can subdivide it! think: if it were possible to continualy divide something by 2 and get to an absolute 0, the thing could not exist in the first place, for you cannot divide by 0, and to reconstruct it to its full state, you would have to multiply it back up, and all you'll get by multiplying by 0, is 0.
colonel720
20 years ago
20 years ago
as for the "placnk distance" it is the most our current technology can divide something. Tell me. If that were the minimum legnth, where did the 0.000000000000000000000000000000001 come from? and don't say god... we already had that discussion.
Ulrike
20 years ago
20 years ago
You need to read some theoretical physics before you start asking those questions, colonel. Our current technology detects nowhere near the Planck distance. That length is a result from quantum physics, and I believe it is related to the uncertainty principle but it's been a while since I've looked over that stuff. As for where it came from, when the Big Bang occurred certain physical constants were 'frozen' into the spacetime continuum. The most famous is probably c = speed of light. I won't even try to provide details since there are at least a dozen theories as to how it all worked. So far none of them handles every detail.
As for eternal subdivision, as far as I can tell you've contradicted yourself. First you say it is possible to subdivide the Planck distance, then you say it is not.
As for eternal subdivision, as far as I can tell you've contradicted yourself. First you say it is possible to subdivide the Planck distance, then you say it is not.
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20 years ago
20 years ago
And we all understand what you just said.
#turns to the nearest honey#
So hotstuff wanna a drink?
#turns to the nearest honey#
So hotstuff wanna a drink?
Eugene Meltzner
20 years ago
20 years ago
"time only exists collectively but things can only exist collectively if there are singular units together"
You haven't been introduced to orders of infinity, have you?
"As for where it came from, when the Big Bang occurred certain physical constants were 'frozen' into the spacetime continuum. The most famous is probably c = speed of light."
But the speed of light isn't constant.
You haven't been introduced to orders of infinity, have you?
"As for where it came from, when the Big Bang occurred certain physical constants were 'frozen' into the spacetime continuum. The most famous is probably c = speed of light."
But the speed of light isn't constant.
Ulrike
20 years ago
20 years ago
Fine, if you want me to be more specific: The speed of light in a vacuum is constant.

Ulrike
20 years ago
20 years ago
I was going to try and explain further, but I found the info here: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=630
Eugene Meltzner
20 years ago
20 years ago
According to my last roommate, it's not necessarily constant in a vacuum.
*does some web searching*
It looks like some physicists think it might change over time, but if it does, then Planck's constant changes with it, so that the speed of light times Planck's constant is always the same.
*does some web searching*
It looks like some physicists think it might change over time, but if it does, then Planck's constant changes with it, so that the speed of light times Planck's constant is always the same.
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