Modern Cosmology

[sridharanr]

I have been thinking a new way of unfolding the mysteries of our cosmos! There are these jargons- dark energy, dark matter, visible matter, entanglement, speed of light, black holes, inflation, big bang, gravity, strong weak and electromagnetic forces, voids of space, spacetime etc etc... How do we combine all these into a coherent whole?

 

The idea that something can travel faster than the speed of light is a confirmed fact in the quantum world! The same is unthinkable in the classical world, which limits us to the speed of light as discovered by that famous physicist Albert Einstein. Then there are these mysteries- entanglement, inflation, black holes and what not. The age of the universe has been taken as 13.7 billion years. When something can travel faster than the speed of light, is this limiting age a real one? What is dark matter? What is dark energy? what are black holes? - these are the mysteries for which no answers are as yet found. We live in a universe where 73 per cent is dominated by a mysterious dark energy, 23 per cent by an equal mystic dark matter and the rest of 4 per cent in the real, real world! What do these things mean? - Contemplate.

 

In the past years, physicists have tried their best to unify all forces without much of success. Great minds have toiled and burnt midnight oil with only frustrations and unfulfilled dreams! However the quest for knowing the unknown never waned - mankind will never rest until the truth is set free! Great telescopes, Colliders and many more mega structures are invented and yet the truth appears to be elusive! Kaleidoscope is what the Universe mimics to the great thinkers of our time. Everything appears to be magical - the great magician never lets down his secrets! Every step we take and climb up the cliff, we never seem to go up even to a little height! We fall. It is as though a never ending quest. Man has started it all and will never accept defeats until he exists. Mind will never rest without solving the great mystery.

 

The story runs like this

'Ten little Indians went out to dine;

One choked his little self and then there were Nine.

Nine little Indians sat up very late;

One overslept himself and then there were Eight.

. . . etc . . . and to the last

One little Indian left all alone'

And then may be the ultimate truth unfolds!

 

Who will be the great player? Who will end our quest? Einstein did come near it - but succumbed fighting the forces! You find a little truth and then the whole truth widens ! You are constantly provoked to a hide and seek play. It is an inversely proportionate game - the more close you try to reach the goal, the less you actually progress. Man never admits defeats. He is surrounded by mirages at every epoch of age. The greatest of all is his steadfast desire to go in the logical path. Our minds are developed to reason at every point of time. Alas! The ultimate truth still eludes him. He becomes, as though a fish thrown out of water! Wriggles and dies. The ocean of truth lies right in front of him, and never able to see it. He surmises without much of luck. What is the truth? Why do we exist? What makes us tick? Why the ultimate truth eludes us? Are we all a part of the mirage, never to see the light? Nope ! Albert Einstein proved it wrong! He did see the light! "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind". He has shown us the way. He showed that the mystery lies in layers. The more layers you embrace, the more you are enlightened. The ultimate truth should dawn on him. He has the reason to believe in solving the mystery.

 

Never die a fool! Nature will never play dice with his own creation! We are the part of that ultimate truth. It is as though our own eyes are blind to our organs. Though the progress is visible, he has to accelerate his prowess. There is an exponential expansion after the big bang. We need a parallel processing to catch up with the unfolding and elusive Cosmos. Catch me if you can is what the challenges the Universe throws on us. One day the great truth will have to be known. At what rate this feat is feasible? Man has tried all his ages, inching his own extinction before the ultimate truth he envisages dawn on him. We have a great advantage of our predecessors who have shown us at what rate we should progress to know the ultimate. Though the accelerated efforts of a modern man looks real, much, much more has he to expound.

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[pamela]

I am having uncertainty with regards to your post; not sure where you are going with all this.

Also, Einstein did not make the remark " one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" it was Neil Armstrong.

[sridharanr]

I am having uncertainty with regards to your post; not sure where you are going with all this.

Also, Einstein did not make the remark " one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" it was Neil Armstrong.

 

G'day Pamela

The phrase " one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" is used as a metaphor, which aptly fits in here. The entire post is meant for our present day Cosmologists and Scientists who are facing a vacuum after Einstein to unravel the mysteries of our Cosmos......

Also read my other post 'The Rules of the Universe' - may be the point would become much more clear.

[Pluto]

G'day from the land of ozzzzzz

 

 

sridharanr you said

 

G'day

 

Are you from ozzzzzzz

 

As for your post.

 

What is your point?

[sridharanr]

G'day from the land of ozzzzzz

 

 

sridharanr you said

 

 

 

Are you from ozzzzzzz

 

As for your post.

 

What is your point?

 

G'day Pluto

I am not from ozzzzzzz, though I wish everyone a good day -

The entire post is meant for our present day Cosmologists and Scientists who are facing a vacuum after Einstein to unravel the mysteries of our Cosmos.

Also read my other post 'The Rules of the Universe' - may be the point would become much more clear.

[Pluto]

G'day

 

 

Why do people mostly rely on Einstein?

 

There are so many modern scientists out there working their butts off and producing fantastic work.

[Buffy]

Why do people mostly rely on Einstein?

 

There are so many modern scientists out there working their butts off and producing fantastic work.

...most of whom build on the work of Einstein...

 

Facts are the enemy of truth, ;)

Buffy

[Eclogite]

...most of whom build on the work of Einstein...

I suspect Pluto is bemoaning the fact that many appear to think that physics has not advanced in any significant degree since Einstein. Rather like the view of creationists who sometimes speak as if evolutionary theory were stuck at the level Darwin left it at.

In both instances the focus on a 'name' reveals an ignorance of the subject matter and the current levels of understanding. If that was Pluto's intent I agree with him.

[Buffy]

If that was Pluto's intent I agree with him.

Oh gosh, I suppose. But is that really bad?

 

I mean, has Calculus "advanced" since Leibniz?

 

I think its fair to say that since Uncle Al's contributions that much has been filled in, meaning that his contribution wasn't the "whole truth," but the question becomes--and I think this might be relevant to the purpose of the thread--is it really necessary to show that the previous paradigm is fundamentally wrong in order to move forward?

 

If you're a Darwinian, there's obviously Punctuated Equilibriums, but new species are not starting over from scratch, like insisting that speciation is equivalent to a tornado hitting a junkyard and creating a 747, with all the components also being built from scratch by the single event....

 

I think there's a psychological *desire* for the stuff that *you* experience being earthshaking and "completely new"; it's nice to think that we made that leap (or we were there) when "everything changed," but that doesn't mean that its necessary for progress or even that it ever happens without a strong bias against attributing credit to history!

 

When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always 'a big breakthrough' or a 'radical departure.' Why is it no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier? ;)

Buffy

[Pluto]

G'day from the land of ozzzzz

 

 

I give great credit to Einstien who has laid the bases in many fields. In many cases he has been read out of context and like the chineses whisper it has grown.

 

Using Einsteins work many scientists have contributed to the various sciences and in some case proving that Einstein was in error. Modern science has added its own flavour to many fields.

 

Ecolgite said

 

I suspect Pluto is bemoaning the fact that many appear to think that physics has not advanced in any significant degree since Einstein. Rather like the view of creationists who sometimes speak as if evolutionary theory were stuck at the level Darwin left it at.

In both instances the focus on a 'name' reveals an ignorance of the subject matter and the current levels of understanding. If that was Pluto's intent I agree with him.

 

You hit the nail on the head.

[Pyrotex]

I have been thinking a new way of unfolding the mysteries of our cosmos!

Please DON'T!! You are not licensed to do that.

...something can travel faster than the speed of light is a confirmed fact in the quantum world!

No it hasn't. Please stop relying on Marvel Comic Books for your science.

...what are black holes? - these are the mysteries for which no answers are as yet found.

There have been multitudes of answers. But they do not appear in the books that you have been coloring in.

...One little Indian left all

The stuff you have been smoking is of very poor quality, and may be contaminated with insecticides. Please don't write while smoking.

...The ocean of truth lies right in front of him, and never able to see it. ...

That sounds like a personal problem. The rest of us don't seem to have these problems.

 

Hi, Pam! :phones:

 

Pyro

[pamela]

Undeniably, you are most eloquent Pyro, your words have opened the ever expanding universe of my imagination;)

[Pluto]

G'day from the land of ozzzzzzz

 

 

Pyrotex:

Well that puts a damper on it.

 

 

 

I asume Buffy and Pamela are ladies.

[sridharanr]

G'day Pyrotex,

 

Not a problem I will grant license to express your views. I am no Hitler....!

 

I understand even a high school boy knows what is Entanglement and instantaneous communication in Quantum World......? Don't we....?

 

When large chunks of matter in a black hole crushed to non-existence, it is a mystery for me - unless I pretend to be a genius and tries to understand it all?

 

Pyro high time you start understanding metaphors to appreciate my posts...

 

It is said that people with squint eyes can't see the whole light? right?

I wish we open up our eyes to see the light of the day than to brood in dark night.....

 

Unless I go nuts, I don't play spoilsport in others! Got my point Pyro?

 

I invite Pluto, Pamela and others to join Pyro to see my reply.....I am lazy to reply each of them separately.

 

-sridharanr

[REASON]

Pyro's sarchasm emanates from the fact that your entire longwinded OP says merely one simple thing -

 

We don't have all the answers to the universe.

 

 

This is no shocking revelation, even for the most advanced scientific mind.

 

So what's your point, and what does such a statement have to do with Modern Cosmology?

[pamela]

well, I accept the invitation, Sridharanr,

interesting you should refer to the squint-eyes

Myopia or nearsightedness, is a refractive defect of the eye

When I squint, I am able to see more clearly and clearly do I see your point.Your piece of poetry should have been placed in a Literature Forum as opposed to Astronomy and Cosmology.

[DrQuantum]

I have been thinking a new way of unfolding the mysteries of our cosmos!

 

Sridharanr,

As a quantum physicist, I have no idea what this means. Perhaps you think just a little bit too much.

Let me know when you have this sorted out.