the rinky dink Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 See thon universe felly. How can it go on forever and ever? It just cannae eh? Can it? But then if it does have an end, what's on the other side.........?? Messes wi yer heid stuff like that.............................. p.s. I may have had a drink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty CTA Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Why existence? Why anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariokempes56 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 How no but? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 See thon universe felly. How can it go on forever and ever? It just cannae eh? Can it? But then if it does have an end, what's on the other side.........?? Messes wi yer heid stuff like that.............................. p.s. I may have had a drink The surface of the earth doesn't go on forever, but it doesn't have an edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstevie007 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 The surface of the earth doesn't go on forever, but it doesn't have an edge. Wow, scunnered now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 The surface of the earth doesn't go on forever, but it doesn't have an edge. Like, what's north of the North Pole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty CTA Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 The surface of the earth doesn't go on forever, but it doesn't have an edge. Correct. We know exactly where it ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broono83 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Where does it end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Where does it end? where it starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) When astronomers look at the distribution of galaxies on scales of billions of light-years they find that they are not evenly distributed. This detailed simulation of large scale structure was created as part of the Illustris simulation. The distribution of dark matter is shown in blue and the gas distribution in orange The 'dark matter' looks like filaments. Edited November 22, 2014 by thplinth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisegerwind Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Correct. We know exactly where it ends. Shut up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTA Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 See thon universe felly. How can it go on forever and ever? It just cannae eh? Can it? But then if it does have an end, what's on the other side.........?? Messes wi yer heid stuff like that.............................. p.s. I may have had a drink Why not? Beginning and end, just like time are things we have invented to try and makes sense of our world, simply because we can't understand it otherwise. But doesn't mean these things have to exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 We didn't invent time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zicoladud Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Like, what's north of the North Pole? o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartandon Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) We didn't invent time. We did, however, invent the measure of time. Why is a second the duration that it is. Why are there 60 seconds in a minute? why 60 minutes in an hour? Why 24 hours in a day? Who decided how long a second should be and why did they decide this? Is it because they knew where/when it started and ended? Edited November 23, 2014 by tartandon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 We did, however, invent the measure of time. Why is a second the duration that it is. Why are there 60 seconds in a minute? why 60 minutes in an hour? Why 24 hours in a day? Who decided how long a second should be and why did they decide this? Is it because they knew where/when it started and ended? We've also changed it, it used to be a percentage of a solar day now it's "the duration of 9192631770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom." My only assertion was that time is not invented. To answer the questions. It is the duration it is because of our calendar they, then tied it to an atomic reaction because then anyone (with equipment) can recreate and get a precise measurement of a second. There are 60 minutes in an hour because of the use of a sexagesimal counting system when humans first started noting time and it's passage into night and day. The Egyptians are responsible for the 24 hour day, i'm not sure what competing theory is correct on why though. It was decided by priests probably when they started subdividing everything, i'm not sure. The International committee for weights and measures defined the new second in 1967 to caesium decay. They decided this because anyone with equipment could measure a precise and accurate second. Finding a way to measure something is not the invention of it, maybe the discovery but not invention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Correct. We know exactly where it ends. No, the surface of the earth doesn't end. The surface on any sphere is a two dimensional surface with no edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 o Is there 'nothing' north of the north pole? You could say, if you keep going north, you can go past the north pole, but what you get is not 'more north',.. but it's not 'nothing' either. This questions what 'north' means in the first place, and the meaning of the original question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstevie007 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Is there 'nothing' north of the north pole? You could say, if you keep going north, you can go past the north pole, but what you get is not 'more north',.. but it's not 'nothing' either. This questions what 'north' means in the first place, and the meaning of the original question... South is what's north of the north pole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 South is what's north of the north pole Exactly,,. which is why it makes you question the basis of the question The answer isn't 'nothing', but 'there is no logical answer to the question' Which is why it messes with your head (with or without drink...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 What's north of the north pole is a meaningless question. It's like asking how do I get to Glasgow from Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 What's north of the north pole is a meaningless question. It's like asking how do I get to Glasgow from Glasgow. Exactly, which is why it's like the original question about 'what's on the other side'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Wow, scunnered now Naw... Yer no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Shut up. That's not very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The rinky dink? That's a blast from the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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