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slatington, pa, usa
Joined 28 Dec '04 Moves 53223 http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170404-the-physics-that-tells-us-what-the-universe-is-made-of
western colorado
Joined 05 Feb '11 Moves 9664 Cave man figured out physics. Kinda lets move on now.
Joined 11 Nov '05 Moves 43938 Originally posted by sonhouse
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170404-the-physics-that-tells-us-what-the-universe-is-made-of Electrons in orbit around the nucleus? Is Bohr's model still alive?
61 (known) particles, and this is only 5% of the universe? Where will better knowledge of black matter and energy lead us?
Not so much cave men physics, is it? 😉
Cape Town
Joined 14 Apr '05 Moves 52945 Originally posted by apathist
Cave man figured out physics. Kinda lets move on now. But it took Newton to discover that objects fall. 🙂
slatington, pa, usa
Joined 28 Dec '04 Moves 53223 Originally posted by twhitehead
But it took Newton to discover that objects fall. 🙂 Nah, dinosaurs figured that one out 66 million years ago🙂
western colorado
Joined 05 Feb '11 Moves 9664 Originally posted by twhitehead
But it took Newton to discover that objects fall. 🙂The golden age!
western colorado
Joined 05 Feb '11 Moves 9664 Originally posted by FabianFnas
... Where will better knowledge of black matter and energy lead us?
Not so much cave men physics, is it? 😉True. We're in the age of Inventing Stuff That Makes Our Math Successful.
I tried turning that into a better acronym, but they got consistently more offensive.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a science fan. But this is a real thing. Think of how we process the incredible amount of data from the particle accelerators.
We're out of our league. Real progress won't happen until ai comes on line.
edit istmoms
slatington, pa, usa
Joined 28 Dec '04 Moves 53223 Originally posted by apathist
True. We're in the age of Inventing Stuff That Makes Our Math Successful.
I tried turning that into a better acronym, but they got consistently more offensive.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a science fan. But this is a real thing. Think of how we process the incredible amount of data from the particle accelerators.
We're out of our league. Real progress won't happen until ai comes on line.
edit istmoms And if that AI decides humans know too much already, then what?
western colorado
Joined 05 Feb '11 Moves 9664 Originally posted by sonhouse
And if that AI decides humans know too much already, then what?Pull the plug?
slatington, pa, usa
Joined 28 Dec '04 Moves 53223 Originally posted by apathist
Pull the plug? That would be the first thing an AI more intelligent than the best human would think of. Ok, secret bank account set up by slicing off a bit of the treasury, signing in workers to make a hidden power supply just in case......
Joined 11 Nov '05 Moves 43938
slatington, pa, usa
Joined 28 Dec '04 Moves 53223 Originally posted by FabianFnas
Beware of the Skynet! Forewarned is forearmed. I hope.
western colorado
Joined 05 Feb '11 Moves 9664
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