Comments on: There Is Always A Theory: Rolling Internet Wisdom From Michael Wharton http://www.michaelwharton.co.uk/2009/08/there-is-always-a-theory/ There Is Always A Theory: politics, anarchy, religion, atheism and science. now with poetry! Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:05:19 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Synonymous http://www.michaelwharton.co.uk/2009/08/there-is-always-a-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Synonymous Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:42:59 +0000 http://www.michaelwharton.co.uk/?p=1#comment-155 I understand that there is no actual centre to the universe, just as there is no edge to it or any such thing as a fixed point. There is no time or space outside of our universe to perceive, and chaos theory dictates that minor changes cause huge fluctuations. I just don't understand what our relative velocity is to where we used to be, and in turn the place at which the atoms of the Earth were originally formed. I just used the term "centre of the universe" for convenience. I understand that there is no actual centre to the universe, just as there is no edge to it or any such thing as a fixed point. There is no time or space outside of our universe to perceive, and chaos theory dictates that minor changes cause huge fluctuations. I just don’t understand what our relative velocity is to where we used to be, and in turn the place at which the atoms of the Earth were originally formed. I just used the term “centre of the universe” for convenience.

]]> By: physicisist http://www.michaelwharton.co.uk/2009/08/there-is-always-a-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-148 physicisist Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:21:03 +0000 http://www.michaelwharton.co.uk/?p=1#comment-148 You seem to misunderstand the big bang theory. There is no "center." It's not that we haven't found one yet; it's that there ISN'T one. Instead, the big bang happened everywhere at once. The term "big bang" can be misleading since it invokes images of an explosion with a center. What really happened is the universe started really dense everywhere, and is getting less dense over time. We see everything moving away from us at relatively the same speed. We would see the same thing everywhere else in the universe. Also, just in case you don't understand special relativity. All speeds in relativity are RELATIVE. Time moves slower for anyone moving away from YOU. This also means time moves slower for you if you are moving and they are the observer. You might think this would invoke a paradox, with two people's time frames moving slower than each other. Trust me, there isn't one. If you were to accelerate in space and meet up with him, the times would cancel out because of general relativity. Crazy stuff, lol. But it's not like we're moving away from the "center" of the universe, since there isn't one. You seem to misunderstand the big bang theory. There is no “center.” It’s not that we haven’t found one yet; it’s that there ISN’T one. Instead, the big bang happened everywhere at once. The term “big bang” can be misleading since it invokes images of an explosion with a center. What really happened is the universe started really dense everywhere, and is getting less dense over time. We see everything moving away from us at relatively the same speed. We would see the same thing everywhere else in the universe.

Also, just in case you don’t understand special relativity. All speeds in relativity are RELATIVE. Time moves slower for anyone moving away from YOU. This also means time moves slower for you if you are moving and they are the observer. You might think this would invoke a paradox, with two people’s time frames moving slower than each other. Trust me, there isn’t one. If you were to accelerate in space and meet up with him, the times would cancel out because of general relativity. Crazy stuff, lol. But it’s not like we’re moving away from the “center” of the universe, since there isn’t one.

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