We are so insignificant in this universe - Page 5

Originally posted by: Mister.K.

That's an interesting thought!

this takes me back to the simpsons thing
where everything is in a loop....like we get farther away from earth then our solar system then galaxy and mad deep into space then out of cells or sumtin then back out of homer's skin

Originally posted by: PhoeniXof_Hades

More vast, more intriguing, and more complex than the whole universe is a single cell, or an atom.

You don't need to look above. Just look within. You will amazed at the wonder of nature.

yeah, as it is above so it is below . From macroscopic to microscopic there appears to B amazing similarities. Cud all this be just a co incidence. The patterns keep repeating. Even the evolutionary stages are said to repeat during embryonic devp.Is there a method to all this? makes one wonder!

Originally posted by: angie.4u

yeah, as it is above so it is below . From macroscopic to microscopic there appears to B amazing similarities. Cud all this be just a co incidence. The patterns keep repeating. Even the evolutionary stages are said to repeat during embryonic devp.Is there a method to all this? makes one wonder!

it could also mean that enough clues are planted everywhere to get at the source but none of us are still seeing it for what it is.

I've never really understood the theory of relativity. However, I once read how Einstein explained his theory to some family and friends. I do not remember where exactly I read it, but it really stuck because he made relativity seem so simplistic and nice.

Imagine spending an hour with friends and loved ones, enjoying yourself. Time flies and one hour passes with a blink of an eye. Imagine spending an hour doing something you loathe like a long lecture or boring task. Time drags and it seems like one hour has taken an eternity. Such is relativity, the value of one hour is constant. The time frame has not changed. But the perceptive lengths of time change. I'm not sure if I still understand relativity, but it somewhat makes sense this way.

Speaking of relativity, my coworker was telling me about her grandson one day. He is a pretty smart kid, always talking, pondering, and talking some more. It was his birthday and he was all excited and hyper. He asked grandma about her birthday, and she said that she is getting old and does not care for birthdays. So he got to thinking on why he finds birthdays super fun and grandma finds them uninteresting. That night he explains his theory. He says grandma 'I'm only eight years old. One year is such a long time in my life. It takes long time for my birthday to come.That is why I am happy when my birthday comes. You are 64 years old and one year is such a small part of your life. Compared to your whole life one year is so small that its not so exciting" That kids already contemplating time relativity.

Now warp speed or hyperdrive that is fascinating. How does that work? So a ship traveling at warp speed is supposed to rest in a normal space while that piece of space travels across a warp field - and that warpspace is like an alternative space to enable time travel of sorts?

Originally posted by: debayon

But isn't relativity how Einstein explained how gravity worked?

Yes, in general relativity, he explained how gravity affects space-time. But what is the question?

Originally posted by: Mister.K.

Yes, in general relativity, he explained how gravity affects space-time. But what is the question?

Forgive my crudeness, but what's so complicated in that?

Originally posted by: debayon

Forgive my crudeness, but what's so complicated in that?

Oh! So you were looking for just an yes/no answer?

Originally posted by: Mister.K.

Oh! So you were looking for just an yes/no answer?

In a way, yes.

Originally posted by: debayon

But isn't relativity how Einstein explained how gravity worked?

Yes. Mister. K is right. Relativity is basically about how gravity affects time.I was unaware of that. I always thought relativity had more to do with time itself. I was looking it up just to confirm if I was thinking on right terms and came across gravitational time dilation. Apparently time passes at different rates based on gravitational potential. Boggling stuff really.