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Whisp

(24,096 posts)
64. This is magic, I love it.
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 06:12 PM
Sep 2013

I have not much of a clue what that article really means (I might have to read it about 27 more times), it's just when I read stuff like this it's what I think taking a good hit of a great drug would be (which I don't or did not ever do - yet).

The idea of Everything being Here Now All Over - things, space, time, is so fascinating to me. It's not linear, it's circular - if we knew how we can break through this illusion we have been trapped in for some reason.

wow. man.

Time and space are really very simple concepts. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #1
I really like the way you put that! cleanhippie Sep 2013 #17
Thank you for saying that. enlightenment Sep 2013 #29
My brain would have hurt matt819 Sep 2013 #32
Where this is concerned, I am sure of nothing! enlightenment Sep 2013 #35
But what if you "feel the world's pain"? arewenotdemo Sep 2013 #40
Then pretend to smoke a doobie Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #61
Actually, They Dont Exist, Our Minds Created The Illusion of space-time Skraxx Sep 2013 #69
False. Space-time is not merely a creation of the human mind... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #92
Read Julian Barbours The End of Time Skraxx Sep 2013 #108
That is so brilliant it took my breath away. lapislzi Sep 2013 #118
Here's the thing, though - Dash87 Sep 2013 #120
UNTIL I see this on Big Bang Theory, I will not believe it! benld74 Sep 2013 #2
I'm with you 'cause no matter what everybody says, I know you're not crazy pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #4
Amplituhedron... Paper... Scissors... Lizard... Spock. n/t Ian David Sep 2013 #7
Discovery SamKnause Sep 2013 #77
How soon can they put that episode together? Hekate Sep 2013 #89
WOW! MoonRiver Sep 2013 #3
Scattering Amplitudes and the Positive Grassmannian FarCenter Sep 2013 #22
and making it more complicated. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #50
"End times" = End of time (n/t) 1000words Sep 2013 #5
Nonsense. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2013 #36
If Space and Time do not exist, then it's all Obama's fault. n/t Ian David Sep 2013 #6
Maybe the Republicans can defund it mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #12
Gravity is Socialist. n/t Ian David Sep 2013 #49
Well, yeah...it keeps everyone down on the same level. nt msanthrope Sep 2013 #51
Hey, Punk! Gravity is NOT just tblue37 Sep 2013 #58
If time and space don't exist, from your perspective, it always was and always will be your fault. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #25
Time is but an illusion. bmbmd Sep 2013 #26
There's always time for a game of Brockian Ultra-cricket (nt) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #27
When philosophy and science intersect nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #8
I understand how a multi-dimensional geometric figure can redefine ... surrealAmerican Sep 2013 #9
Or you could believe that time is the expression of a dimension. MineralMan Sep 2013 #31
That was a neat little book. Had to read it in 9th grade Sci class. glowing Sep 2013 #42
Hey, MM-- tblue37 Sep 2013 #59
Cool! I used to read tons of SF. MineralMan Sep 2013 #72
Me, Too! Melissa G Sep 2013 #98
I start with this: Light does not experince time. hunter Sep 2013 #93
What do you mean light does not experience time? Is it sentient? Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #96
It was a metaphor for illustrative purposes! What is meant about light is ... Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2013 #106
No, but if it were, the universe would be flat and no time would ever pass Recursion Sep 2013 #107
Yes! Like Reinmann said. Gravity is a function of geometry. Th1onein Sep 2013 #102
Our biggest problem with all of this is our MineralMan Sep 2013 #109
The mockery is a function of their ignorance and arrogance. Th1onein Sep 2013 #112
We're all just characters in a guy's dream NightWatcher Sep 2013 #10
And it *is* THAT guy. woo me with science Sep 2013 #14
Read Julian Barbour's "The End of Time" Skraxx Sep 2013 #11
Brilliant stuff 1000words Sep 2013 #53
Yup, Time and Space It Seems Are Mental Constructs Skraxx Sep 2013 #66
People should read the whole article instead of the "shocking" one liner in the OP title snooper2 Sep 2013 #13
article gave me brain pain La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2013 #54
I have never discovered a "math object." woo me with science Sep 2013 #15
The universe as a hologram BlueToTheBone Sep 2013 #16
So if the BIG hand is on the "six" and the LITTLE hand is on the "three", then..... brooklynite Sep 2013 #18
Then yer clock is busted. TygrBright Sep 2013 #52
Dang it TygrBright! Tien1985 Sep 2013 #80
I discovered this today. Skidmore Sep 2013 #19
I LOVE THIS THREAD MoonRiver Sep 2013 #20
Anything that removes time and space from the equations is a very good lead. hunter Sep 2013 #21
Ahhh....space and time are taken out of the computation.... Avalux Sep 2013 #23
So God is a rainbow crystal? I'm okay with that. randome Sep 2013 #24
:) nt Mojorabbit Sep 2013 #70
So, does this thread even exist, man? Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #28
Only in your mind. RC Sep 2013 #39
Whoa, that's, like totally meta, man. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #65
If it's meta, will it be locked? socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #68
No, but it will be stored in the NSA Utah Data Center IDemo Sep 2013 #73
DUzy! Th1onein Sep 2013 #103
You, you, you!! Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #76
thanks obama NOW can we impeach him? leftyohiolib Sep 2013 #30
I had a hallucinatory experience where such a jewel continually unfolded out of my mind's eye KittyWampus Sep 2013 #33
What about American exceptionalism? colorado_ufo Sep 2013 #34
The fastest way to travel - if there is such a concept as "fast." colorado_ufo Sep 2013 #37
Check out how Bob Lazar fuels his car solarhydrocan Sep 2013 #60
H1? jmowreader Sep 2013 #101
why, it's basic theurgy MisterP Sep 2013 #81
Stay Calm. The object explains a toy theory (one of Yang-Mills) and nothing more yet. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2013 #38
Fascinating article. NealK Sep 2013 #41
Wouldn't you know it.... Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2013 #43
This sounds a lot like the "holographic universe" theory from a decade ago... SylviaD Sep 2013 #44
The holographic universe is still very much with us. See "quantum entanglement". Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2013 #62
I really wasn't trying to be a smartass... SylviaD Sep 2013 #67
This is better. It gets into the philosophy of mathematics. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2013 #71
I can certainly see your point. SylviaD Sep 2013 #85
Did you just accuse someone of sexism because you're clueless about science? DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2013 #82
Excuse me, don't interrupt when adults are talking. n/t SylviaD Sep 2013 #83
227 posts, with at least two false accusations meant to hide ignorance. DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2013 #86
Ignore list. sibelian Sep 2013 #113
"Testable" is actually called "falsifiable" and it comes in many forms... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #94
Essay on Philosophy of Mathematics: Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2013 #115
Thank you, Bernardo. n/t SylviaD Sep 2013 #117
If you want someone to tell you life isn't absurd, go to church. If you want a philosopher... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #95
If you click on the link for the duality of string and quantum field theory in the article, Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #111
My only thought is: I'd like a ring with that design! WinkyDink Sep 2013 #45
Sweet! another_liberal Sep 2013 #46
It looks like a tuning fork Eddie Haskell Sep 2013 #47
I'm always amazed when some concept like "a newly discovered mathematical object... KansDem Sep 2013 #48
I guess this means I never have to worry about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. bluedigger Sep 2013 #55
See? See? They WARNED us Obama would suspend term limits! jberryhill Sep 2013 #56
Sounds like some timey-wimey kinda thing. Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2013 #57
Perhaps, like space and time, entanglement is also arising from geometry? Jeroen Sep 2013 #63
This is magic, I love it. Whisp Sep 2013 #64
I remember making one of those things with a 24th level mage. Rex Sep 2013 #74
This is the discoverer of the amplituhedron. randome Sep 2013 #75
Looks like he is wearing one. Rex Sep 2013 #78
This is your last chance. bvar22 Sep 2013 #79
The stars in the sky are just an illusion... kentuck Sep 2013 #87
So the master amplituhedron is kinda like Plato's Form of Forms, Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #84
This has already been adopted into postulater Sep 2013 #88
I'd like to see the patent application on this! randome Sep 2013 #90
Gene Ray was right all along TransitJohn Sep 2013 #91
Whoa-ah. lonestarnot Sep 2013 #97
This is a toy model in physics. Which means it is a simplification for the purposes of calculation. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #99
It's geometry ... It's all that exists. Eddie Haskell Sep 2013 #119
False. It is a toy model, as I've said, and is a simple shortcut. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #121
Reminds me of dreaming, when time and space do not conform to normal consciousness, Coyotl Sep 2013 #100
"Math object" TroglodyteScholar Sep 2013 #104
Truth is stranger than Science Fiction Blue Owl Sep 2013 #105
Isn't that what brought Supergirl into conflict with Faye Dunaway? Orrex Sep 2013 #110
No, that was a casting agency foul-up. randome Sep 2013 #116
YouTube video of Nima Arkani-Hamed talking (& answering a few questions) about The Amplituhedron Petrushka Sep 2013 #114
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