Comments on: Quote of the Day http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:04:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adib Ben Jebara http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-41448 Adib Ben Jebara Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:02:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/#comment-41448 A mathematical why of the Big Bang Outline Let Ui be a set of locations of particles of the universe. U1xU2x ...... xUix ..... a set of infinite paths (Cartesian product of sets of urelements). this set is equal to the void set by the negation of the axiom of choice. So there is no more space containing the particles. The particles collapse on themselves: Big Crunch. Then Big Bang. The Big Bang has taken place thus the negation of the axiom of choice is likely to be considered as a good axiom. Adib Ben Jebara. A mathematical why of the Big Bang
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Let Ui be a set of locations of particles of the universe.
U1xU2x …… xUix ….. a set of infinite paths
(Cartesian product of sets of urelements).
this set is equal to the void set by the
negation of the axiom of choice.

So there is no more space containing the particles.
The particles collapse on themselves: Big Crunch.
Then Big Bang.

The Big Bang has taken place thus the negation of the axiom
of choice is likely to be considered as a good axiom.
Adib Ben Jebara.

]]> By: FeralPhantom http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-41444 FeralPhantom Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:22:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/#comment-41444 Oddly ironic choice of quotes there, Dr. 'Ask Me Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Quantum Mechanics, But Were Afraid to Ask'. ;) By the way, when are you going to give us 'umm, not so smart' people the answers to our 'foolish' questions? Oh, but you weren't talking about <em>us</em>, right? ;) You were <em>protesting</em> Overbye's characterization of scientists, right? Yeah, yeah, that's it... Oddly ironic choice of quotes there, Dr. ‘Ask Me Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Quantum Mechanics, But Were Afraid to Ask’. ;)

By the way, when are you going to give us ‘umm, not so smart’ people the answers to our ‘foolish’ questions? Oh, but you weren’t talking about us, right? ;) You were protesting Overbye’s characterization of scientists, right? Yeah, yeah, that’s it…

]]> By: James Brown http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-41446 James Brown Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:54:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/#comment-41446 There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people asking them. There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people asking them.

]]> By: Jasper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-41445 Jasper Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:16:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/#comment-41445 I like getting questions from non-physicists. It's usually a challenge to explain physical ideas clearly. You have to avoid nasty jargon, etc. It forces you to rethink a problem and this usually takes you to the core of physical problems. In that sense the questions from non-physicists are much more important to me. I like getting questions from non-physicists. It’s usually a challenge to explain physical ideas clearly. You have to avoid nasty jargon, etc. It forces you to rethink a problem and this usually takes you to the core of physical problems. In that sense the questions from non-physicists are much more important to me.

]]> By: incog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-41447 incog Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:45:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/10/quote-of-the-day/#comment-41447 The only stupid questions are the ones that go un-asked. The only stupid questions are the ones that go un-asked.

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