Comments on: When is the ideal time to study the early universe? http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-is-the-ideal-time-to-study-the-early-universe Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lord Penguin http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-is-the-ideal-time-to-study-the-early-universe/comment-page-1#comment-15753 Lord Penguin Fri, 25 May 2012 04:01:57 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=152098#comment-15753 I doubt that any galaxy can be "lost" to us, I really do. If we don't kill ourselves in enough time to make a difference on a cosmological scale, then we will have invented FTL travel, one way or another. FTL travel is actually allowed by the physics we have today, because space can be bent, even if the energy required isn't remotely practical right now. The physics of tomorrow would probably be even friendlier. That said, understanding how our universe formed is very important for many reasons. You can't do much with something you don't understand. I doubt that any galaxy can be “lost” to us, I really do. If we don’t kill ourselves in enough time to make a difference on a cosmological scale, then we will have invented FTL travel, one way or another. FTL travel is actually allowed by the physics we have today, because space can be bent, even if the energy required isn’t remotely practical right now. The physics of tomorrow would probably be even friendlier.

That said, understanding how our universe formed is very important for many reasons. You can’t do much with something you don’t understand.

]]> By: Lord Penguin http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-is-the-ideal-time-to-study-the-early-universe/comment-page-1#comment-15752 Lord Penguin Fri, 25 May 2012 03:52:08 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=152098#comment-15752 When the universe first started, energy and matter were spread out throughout the universe. It wasn't until later, when the matter began to pull together, that stars could form. When the universe first started, energy and matter were spread out throughout the universe. It wasn’t until later, when the matter began to pull together, that stars could form.

]]> By: Fogy http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-is-the-ideal-time-to-study-the-early-universe/comment-page-1#comment-15729 Fogy Thu, 24 May 2012 19:37:42 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=152098#comment-15729 Why the heck are you even looking at the article then? Clearly this isn't your area of interest. Why the heck are you even looking at the article then? Clearly this isn’t your area of interest.

]]> By: Mortran http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-is-the-ideal-time-to-study-the-early-universe/comment-page-1#comment-15720 Mortran Thu, 24 May 2012 18:25:33 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=152098#comment-15720 What good are these theories about a highly speculative event like the Big Bang? I find it hard to believe in faster-than-light inflation at the beginning of the universe to begin with. We don't even have a clue what force has driven the expansion of the universe in the first place and why there was not enough gravity to reverse it. Nevertheless we get to hear these baseless theories that are totally meaningless for us today. Who cares how the universe looks 13 billion light-years away? We will never go there. We aren't even able to return to the moon. What good are these theories about a highly speculative event like the Big Bang? I find it hard to believe in faster-than-light inflation at the beginning of the universe to begin with. We don’t even have a clue what force has driven the expansion of the universe in the first place and why there was not enough gravity to reverse it. Nevertheless we get to hear these baseless theories that are totally meaningless for us today.
Who cares how the universe looks 13 billion light-years away? We will never go there. We aren’t even able to return to the moon.

]]> By: Fogy http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-is-the-ideal-time-to-study-the-early-universe/comment-page-1#comment-15706 Fogy Thu, 24 May 2012 15:36:51 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=152098#comment-15706 Does anyone have any insight about the dark ages and why there was no star formation? Does anyone have any insight about the dark ages and why there was no star formation?

]]> By: Khannea Suntzu http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-is-the-ideal-time-to-study-the-early-universe/comment-page-1#comment-15699 Khannea Suntzu Thu, 24 May 2012 14:04:25 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=152098#comment-15699 Back then the state of the universe was less 'favourable' than the current galactic core. That's an intensity of particles and radiation far above the power levels of a current Fukushima meltdown zone - where even the toughest industrial robots find their core electronics fried to mush. Back then the state of the universe was less ‘favourable’ than the current galactic core. That’s an intensity of particles and radiation far above the power levels of a current Fukushima meltdown zone – where even the toughest industrial robots find their core electronics fried to mush.

]]> By: gaoptimize http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-is-the-ideal-time-to-study-the-early-universe/comment-page-1#comment-15687 gaoptimize Thu, 24 May 2012 13:13:23 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=152098#comment-15687 Regrettable that we did not have the opportunity at the time. So, will we 1) Discover archives of early advanced civilization that had the opportunity, 2) Create a new one and wait around 500 million years to study it? or 3) Use theoretical physics to build a simulation? Regrettable that we did not have the opportunity at the time. So, will we 1) Discover archives of early advanced civilization that had the opportunity, 2) Create a new one and wait around 500 million years to study it? or 3) Use theoretical physics to build a simulation?

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