Observations on the mass of the top quark and Higgs particle candidate are leaning that direction. If it is true, our universe could be relatively short lived.
http://pubdb.desy.de/fulltext/getfullte ... 3383-59716 (http://pubdb.desy.de/fulltext/getfulltext.php?uid=23383-59716)
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/ ... st+News%29 (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/02/19/3693584.htm?WT.mc_id=science_twitterfeed_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+abcscience_latestnews+%28ABC+Science%3A+Latest+News%29)
For those of us for whom your link is a little too esoteric. Sorry.
Good grief, that's terrible. Does god know about this?
Quote"A little bubble of what you might think of as an 'alternative' universe will appear somewhere and then it will expand out and destroy us," says Lykken, adding that the event will unfold at the speed of light.
:shock: :shock: :shock:
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For those of us for whom your link is a little too esoteric. Sorry.
well - in all fairness - this^ article did say "at some point, billions of years from now..."
which sounds feasible to me. I mean........ "billions of years from now" --- right?
Or should I pack a bag?
Interesting stuff. I've always been a little worried that the vacuum might not be as stable as it looks.
The other worrying thing is that it might have happened already.
so I still have time to set up my camera outside Smarzie's new house?
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For those of us for whom your link is a little too esoteric. Sorry.
Oh come on! Where's the fun in reading about something in a language you understand?
I have a degree in English Lit. My math skills are at about the 5th grade level. Sorry. :(
Quote from: "stromboli"My math skills are at about the 5th grade level. :(
Braggart!
Quote from: "Hydra009"Quote"A little bubble of what you might think of as an 'alternative' universe will appear somewhere and then it will expand out and destroy us," says Lykken, adding that the event will unfold at the speed of light.
:shock: :shock: :shock:
Quoteand before we realized what swept by us our protons would decay away.
At least it will be quick...
OK, that's it. I'm going to shoot myself. Right now.
In the cosmic scheme of things this would probably be better than some of the alternatives like getting fried by a gamma ray burst.
I remember my brother was worrying about the whole 2012 shill, because that's all people in prison could do at the time apparently. I reassured him that according to some physicists the reality is kind of like a bubble, and could "pop" at any moment leading to total nonexistence. Somehow that did not quell his fears.
Sun burns out in 4.5 billion years? Oh geez, so much to do, so little time.
Quote from: "stromboli"Sun burns out in 4.5 billion years? Oh geez, so much to do, so little time.
*checks out Reddit, Dark Roasted Blend, and Orion's Arm*
Meanwhile...
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i need an english-english translator.
I'm interested in this due to its possible implications to the cyclic universe hypothesis.
Quote from: "Jason78"Interesting stuff. I've always been a little worried that the vacuum might not be as stable as it looks.
The other worrying thing is that it might have happened already.
If it's expanding towards us at the speed of light, our sun might still burn out before it reaches us. Depending on how long ago it happened and where it started. I can't think of any theoretical way to get an early warning on an event headed toward you at the speed of light, but it would be nice if we can figure one out.
Quote from: "Mister Agenda"Quote from: "Jason78"Interesting stuff. I've always been a little worried that the vacuum might not be as stable as it looks.
The other worrying thing is that it might have happened already.
If it's expanding towards us at the speed of light, our sun might still burn out before it reaches us. Depending on how long ago it happened and where it started. I can't think of any theoretical way to get an early warning on an event headed toward you at the speed of light, but it would be nice if we can figure one out.
I wouldn't worry about it. We'll never know what happened. POOF!!
Quote from: "PopeyesPappy"I'm interested in this due to its possible implications to the cyclic universe hypothesis.
You mean we have all been previously posted? Holy Deja Vu, Batman.
Like momma used to say, what goes around come around.
Don't worry Strom. In 10^10^10^10^10^1.1 years none of this will matter anyway.
Kinda've puts the brakes on being biologically immortal. :O
Quote from: "TheDevoutPasta"i need an english-english translator.
Lucky bastard.... :D
Quote from: "Hydra009"Quote from: "stromboli"Sun burns out in 4.5 billion years? Oh geez, so much to do, so little time.
*checks out Reddit, Dark Roasted Blend, and Orion's Arm*
Meanwhile...
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Cool images . 4 billion years still is plenty of time .
Maybe it's already happening. Remember dark flow?
Or maybe that's just another universe we ran into. Our bubble is deflating.
Fun stuff.