a moment before the Big Bang, all the mass and energy of the nascent universe was compacted into an incredibly dense—yet finite—speck. Let’s call it the seed of a new universe. (See also: “Origins of the Universe.”)
In the rather improbable case that in the future a fundamental theory can be constructed that does not contain parameters, there are still two fundamental philosophical questions remaining. (1) Why does anything exist at all; and (2) why are there laws at all, in nature (a parameter-free ...
So when are we, when doesn't exist either. We don't know what came beforethe universe and we don't know what started it, but we do know it started withthe Big Bang. Oh no, is that about to happen? Couple you is don't worry, itwasn't actually a bang. It wasn't an ...
Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality (ETI) have been responsible for the major transitions in levels of selection and individuality in natural history, such as the origins of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, multicellular organisms, and eusocial insects. The integrated hierarchical organization of lif...
I'm terrible at 'what if' games. Somehow, my mind is wired exclusively towards things that actually exist. But I suppose it would have been interesting to hear some of the scores for projects he was once attached to, but then left for one reason or another. Like HEAVEN'S GATE. ...
If we now realize dwarf ellipticals are the most common type of galaxy, why did this escape our notice for so long?Answer and Explanation: Scientists were able to discover this fact due to technology. But even though science and technology are gett...
roughly “up” on this graph, light always travels the same way, and the lightcones are thus “unbent”. Everything outside of the blackhole is now in the rightmost triangle. But the spa...
I mean, it’s fascinating to me that you think that there is a legitimate and substantial market for fart jars. But the market for queef jars, you’re like, “Oh, you know, that’s a joke, that doesn’t really exist.” Maybe one day in the future, I will try to sel...
Up until that point, all the existing email clients polled their server. Every minute, they’d send a request to the server saying "Hey, has anything happened?" There are two big problems with this. First, it means that the system doesn’t respond to realtime events ...
If these similarities exist between extant artforms and play, we could argue that there should not be any trouble with inserting narratives into games, stories which take them beyond the function of drug kingpin, glandular gangbangers, and into something more. Something still biological, still ant...