SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : FREE AMERICA
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (14328)6/12/2007 12:18:24 AM
From: one_less  Read Replies (1) of 14758
 
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough....Einstein"

Well, Einstein said that if you understand something well enough, no matter how advanced it is, you can explain it so simply that a child can understand it. I'm not Einstein and I'm not convinced you have the common sense God gave a child but I'll give it a shot.

Definition number 2 from Websters works for my presentation.

Entropy : 2. the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity b : a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder.

I used two terms in my presentation 'singularity' and 'nothing' that work as synonyms to Websters use of the term uniformity.

I describe two everyday observable phenomenon. I will try again with those two: 1) A wave is something we can detect but, once it is disorganized, it no longer is identified as a distinct thing; as we can later observe only the singularity of the pond. 2) A sound is a thing but quickly is nothing as it blends into the cosmos.

The phenomenon of large amounts of space and matter, even whole solar systems, becoming undetectable once they've entered a black hole is described similarly. This is thought to be a gravitational type of collapse and cosmologists speculate that the universe is capable of a similar type of collapse back to a singularity of undetectability ... nothingness. Things are detectable because of the space they occupy in relation to other things. With singularity there is no relation of things and other things.

So a banged universe could actually bang from nothing (singularity) following this logic, which neither confirms nor rejects the possibility of a willed universe.

Personally, I think a longer explanation provides more clarity but you haven't seemed to get it either way ... I predict you wont again this time.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2026 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News