IanMunro - MemberI see little point in having this debate if you have faith as you dont need facts to support your view
The problem is that you put too much faith in your 'facts', forgetting that the FSM uses his noodly appendage to alter the results of all scientific experiments.
Ramen, brother.
Photons have no mass, that's why they do travel at the speed of light!Or do they as they can be acted on by a large enough mass?
Just to be annoying, like
Thats because gravity curves the space through which the photons are travelling. They can still have no mass but be deflected by the curvature of space
But science is just a feeble way of trying to understand and explain what God created, hence the 'aged' universe theory could be correct
Logically perfectly admissible, but a pretty useless position to take imo.
Or do they as they can be acted on by a large enough mass?
Just to be annoying, like
Au contraire - gravitational lensing doesn't work by the mass of the star attracting the photons in a Newtonian kind of way...
Meaning of life - hmmmm I'd rather ask an artist, poet or philosopher than some particle jockey
Fail - the particle jockeys aren't trying to figure out the meaning of life of course, they are trying to figure out how the universe works. Totally different thing.
worrying about either = fail
there is no meaning to life and how the universe works makes **** all difference to anyone. now who's Jordan shagging this week? 
Ian, stop it. You know that's naughty 
richmtb & molgrips
Cool
But theoretically, is it photons that would act on a solar sail? And if so, would they have to have mass to propel it through space?
molgrips - MemberFail - the particle jockeys aren't trying to figure out the meaning of life of course, they are trying to figure out how the universe works. Totally different thing.
Semantics Molly, semantics
Meaning of life/how the universe works/where did we come from/how did it all start - same question different spin, bottom line is none of the current theories are testable with current knowledge/technology and the possible explanations have been reverse engineered from slightly fragile data sets.
Not too mention the occasional imgainary particle or new form of undetectable matter which is needed to balance the books ! It's all academically stimulating I agree, but perhaps not the most pressing area of research funding in current times.....
.....and I'm not sure if the Universe 'works', last I heard it was on benefits and putting in a claim for a bigger house due to expansion
Meaning of life/how the universe works/where did we come from/how did it all start - same question
Is it hell. Completely different questions.
IanMunro - Member
I see little point in having this debate if you have faith as you dont need facts to support your viewThe problem is that you put too much faith in your 'facts', forgetting that the FSM uses his noodly appendage to alter the results of all scientific experiments.
Thats quantum physics, that is....... 
molgrips - Member
Is it hell. Completely different questions.
But all equally meaningless when answered by a scientist
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binners - Member
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Meaning of life/how the universe works/where did we come from/how did it all start - same question
"It's a lot like life, Mark" Rabbi Lionel Blair
The universe is just a distressed wardrobe with a pair of BFO stone washed jeans in it and a big box of Lego on top of it.
I have a theory.
But I really can't be arsed.
Of course that doesn't mean that god created a brand new sparkly, straight out of the box universe then. He might of made a pre-aged one to spice things up a bit.
Or maybe he used a second-hand universe and just added a lick of paint. That would explain how he managed to get it all finished in 6 days.
Imagine an alien drops a package on earth with a load of fancy technology in it.
We can sit down and figure out how it all works, without wondering why the alien dropped it on us, can't we?
I've seen Mars Attacks, I'm not falling for that ruse.
Jesus H Christ - Synopsis? Consensus? Stabs in the dark?
I suspect the universe is 50 years old. It only exists in relation to me and that is when I created it 50 years ago at the time of my apparent "birth"
You are all figments of my imagination., without me you have no existence.
You are Zaphod Beeblebrox AICMFP
I've heard one theory that in the first few microseconds or so of the big bang, time had to be either elastic or the speed of light had to increase slightly. This, along with things like particle wave duality and 11 dimensional objects, caused me to drop physics. I just don't think we, as humans, are capable of truly understanding this stuff in any meaningful way. I still love physics, but I love maths more.
The grains of sand on a beach may be infinite as are the grains of sand in the world. However we still know which is the larger of the two infinities.
Sorry JY, but this is the worst analogy ever. The grains of sand on a beach are not infinite, nor will they ever be.
Realman - you don't have to assimilate that stuff with the every day world. There's just no need. So don't sweat it, and don't drop Physics kids
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