I know I know - but I have placed my bet and rest my case ;-D Even if I stumbled there for a moment, I'm now solidly back to the pulsating universe - like a slow heart, making a bang every 250By or soo... its so beautiful and it makes som much sense. Crunch-Bang-Crunch-Bang... too-too... here we come! This makes it the only perpetuum mobile in existence - very poetic.
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It's interesting to consider what has gone on to produce our own locality let alone Andromeda and other members of the local group to produce what is their "now" in terms of elements that allow us to be even here.
Andromeda - quick web
Scientists think the galaxy could be anywhere from 5 and 10 billion years old. However, it may not have existed in its current form until two or three billion years ago, when two smaller galaxies orbiting each other merged to form the current Andromeda Galaxy, according to a 2018 study.
Bigger than ours - seems to be. Mass ???
Another
Most galaxies are between 10 billion and 13.6 billion years old. Our universe is about 13.8 billion years old, so most galaxies formed when ...
Then common galaxy shapes that appear to be retained to some degree
https://universe.nasa.gov/galaxies/types/
The universe repeats itself in time. It’s a time crystal. History repeats itself. 🤗
https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-time-crystal-built-using-googles-quantum-computer-20210730/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-time-crystal-built-using-googles-quantum-computer-20210730/
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If the universe beginning from nothing. What are the chances of that happening again from nothing.
All theories of quantum gravity describe something physical that was going on in the early universe prior to the point at which our ordinary understanding of space and time breaks down.
However, that begs the question, where did that physical something come from?
Roger Penrose's model for a cyclical universe is perhaps as good a guess as you'll get as to how the Universe has emerged from (almost) nothing:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200117-what-if-the-universe-has-no-end
What are the chances? Gotta be at least 3 to 1.
pop quiz, why do people generally feel as though 24-hour days get shorter and shorter as they age?
pop quiz, why do people generally feel as though 24-hour days get shorter and shorter as they age?
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I want to know the answer to this question. It is a cruel irony that time seems to pass faster as you age.
I used to wonder (with much frustration) why old people do everything so slow; especially driving. Now I know why.
I gave the answer.
I researched the question a wee while back after remarking to my wife that time was passing so quickly.
When you are young you tend to be more active, doing lots of things and storing up lots of memories of what happened during the day - this makes the day seem to have passed slowly.
When you are old and retired like me, you may be less active, doing fewer things and storing up fewer memories of what happened during the day - this makes the day seem to have passed quickly.
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Hawkin's radiation. A wiki definition
Hawking radiation is the theoretical thermal black-body radiation released outside a black hole's event horizon. This is counterintuitive because once ordinary electromagnetic radiation is inside the event horizon, it cannot escape. It is named after the physicist Stephen Hawking, who developed a theoretical argument for its existence in 1974.[1] Hawking radiation is predicted to be extremely faint and is many orders of magnitude below the current best telescopes' detecting ability.
Hawking radiation reduces the mass and rotational energy of black holes and is therefore also theorized to cause black hole evaporation. Because of this, black holes that do not gain mass through other means are expected to shrink and ultimately vanish.
For all except the smallest black holes, this happens extremely slowly. The radiation temperature is inversely proportional to the black hole's mass, so micro black holes are predicted to be larger emitters of radiation than larger black holes and should dissipate faster per their mass. As such, if small black holes exist such as permitted by the hypothesis of primordial black holes, they ought to die the fastest the smaller they shrink, leading to a final cataclysm of high energy radiation alone.[2] Such radiation surges have not been detected as of yet.
Thank you for your answer. I'm not sure it reflects my personal experience though. I'm pretty active and every day has nowhere near as many hours in it to accomplish what I need to do. I do move much slower now of course. But I keep moving and routinely do 6 mile walks, which takes two hours. I'm still learning stuff and honestly meeting more people than when I was in high school, but attending a lot of funerals too.
I distinctly remember summer break from primary school (10 weeks I think) being a really long time. Now 10 years isn't really that long. That's the cruel irony.
10 weeks is 2.5% of an 8 year old's life. It's about 0.3% of my life to date. (Math nerds correct me I did it in my head.) Yet it's 2-3% of my remaining lifespan if I'm lucky. I could be wrong.
Mind-boggling, no matter the accuracy... when we pass away, those 10^1000 years will pass by in an instant.
I dont think we know what it started from. Nothing is not so plausible... Personally I find that it something has existed (and will) for ever is more likely.
But to answer your question - high, as if it could happen once, it would again... no?
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That may by why for you, but I'm with GK on this - busier than ever, and I think it's just a % game, a year is a much smaller part of your total timespan.