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    Quote Originally Posted by trash View Post
    No name calling here WhiteOx.
    On the contrary, trash.

    Your post above (#95) contains name-calling and insults.

    In addition, suggesting you will encourage other members to post negative reputation against another poster, simply because they have a different opinion to yours, is blatant trolling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mtv View Post
    On the contrary, trash.

    Your post above (#95) contains name-calling and insults.
    Your point is taken mtv.

    But still the main content of my posts is always on topic. The primary point of the post is to encourage Tytower to back up what his says. Nothing more and nothing less.
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    I am warmed a little by the below post which admits that scientists have and do get it wrong with their age estimates and assumptions from data. The below post deals with the age of a particular star.



    I am intrigued by the statement therein " The more mass a star (has) , the shorter its lifespan "
    Thats an interesting statement when dealing with black masses that have Millions ,even Billions , of times the mass of our sun.
    So does their time get shorter because of it?
    I don't think so and don't see that the statement could be right because it is clearly accepted now that all off a galaxy's stars are falling toward a central black mass which therefore must outlast the stars generally.
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    It's all still a guess based upon hypothesis which are never able to be tested given the time periods involved.
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    Yes you are quite right Semme . Time is the big limiter . Its amazing though what can be discovered by good analysis based on what little data we can see.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tytower View Post
    I am warmed a little by the below post which admits that scientists have and do get it wrong with their age estimates and assumptions from data.
    It's not so much that their previous estimates were wrong, but rather that this star is an exception. Once they became aware of the cause (transfer of material from a population 1 star to a population 2) then a correction can be made but the same date method is still correct. Population 1 stars are high metal stars. Population 2 are low metal stars. Population 3 are no metal stars. This rule still stands firm.
    The exceptions, and they are exceptions, are caused by events which are not in the main sequence. Blue stragglers and parasitic stars like 49 Lib.

    I am intrigued by the statement therein " The more mass a star (has) , the shorter its lifespan "
    This statement is still correct. The higher the mass of a star, the quicker it burns through it's fuel and thus the shorter it's lifespan.
    Giant stars typically live less than 100 million years before ending their lives as supernovas.
    Mid range mass yellow dwarf stars live for billions of years before ending their lives as supergiants and then white dwarfs.
    Low mass red dwarf stars have life spans in the order of 10 of billions to hundreds of billions of years.

    Thats an interesting statement when dealing with black masses that have Millions ,even Billions , of times the mass of our sun.
    So does their time get shorter because of it?
    No because these objects are no longer stars. While we call neutron stars, magnetars, pulsars, quark stars, quasars and black holes "stars" because they emit radiation, they are not really stars in the true sense. They are no longer on the main sequence.
    We might also put white dwarf and brown dwarf stars in this category.

    The definition of the mass to life span ratio only applies to stars that burn (fuse) hydrogen.

    I don't think so and don't see that the statement could be right because it is clearly accepted now that all off a galaxy's stars are falling toward a central black mass which therefore must outlast the stars generally.
    This isn't correct either. The first reason is to realise that while stars are orbiting the galactic center of gravity, they are not falling toward it anymore than the moon is falling towards the Earth or Neptune is falling toward the sun.
    Second is to realise that this statement is based on the above incorrect statement. You cannot discover a new truth with incorrect evidence based on a previous error.

    Sag A* does not have a shorter life span than the Baryonic stars and matter orbiting it because of it's large mass. It's life span is hundreds of billions to trillions of years not withstanding the impending collisions with Andromeda* and other members of the Virgo cluster and the Laniakea supercluster. The result will be mergers with other supermassive black holes and other galaxies resulting in a very large elliptical galaxy with a very large black hole.

    Small black holes have shorter lives than large black holes.
    Small black holes evaporate in hundreds of billions of years and supermassive black holes in hundreds of trillions of years.
    How quickly they evaporate is a function of their temperature vs that of the surrounding universe.
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    impending collisions with Andromeda*
    What is the qualifier here? The asterisk points to something.
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    Andromeda* is the shorthand name of the central supermassive black hole as opposed to Andromeda M31 Galaxy.
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    This is the nearest other black mass that we know about. The closest galaxy to the milky way galaxy . 11 Million years away at the speed of light . So the light we see here is at least 11 million years old and radio and electrical radiation all travel at that speed.

    The theory is that these galaxies are all speeding away from some original central point . Remember billions of other galaxies! And they are accellerating!

    It makes me think that really ,putting things in the context of such large distances , can they really be sure of knowing anything ? or is it all just wild speculation. Suddenly everything in the universe is instantly created from nothing ? what bunkum.
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    This page is interesting in that it shows the correctness, or not,of some of the guesswork that is going on in the name of science



    In particular "The new study is a follow-on to previous Hubble observations that placed the age of the bubbles at 2 million years old."

    The new one guesses at "the black hole ate its last big meal about 6 million years ago, "

    Now thats 3 times the first estimate ! So who is paying for this garbage "scientific study" ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tytower View Post
    This is the nearest other black mass that we know about.
    What "Black Mass"? This is a Galaxy. Centaurus A.

    The closest galaxy to the milky way galaxy . 11 Million years away at the speed of light .
    No.
    M31 (Andromeda) is the closest Galaxy to the Milky Way and it's only 2 million light years away.
    That is of course if you don't count dwarf galaxies, which would be the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud which are about 150,000 and 200,000 light years away. Or the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy which is 65,000 light years away.


    The theory is that these galaxies are all speeding away from some original central point .
    No. They are all heading away from each other. Not a central point.

    Remember billions of other galaxies! And they are accellerating!
    ~100 trillions, and yes they are accelerating.

    It makes me think that really ,putting things in the context of such large distances , can they really be sure of knowing anything ? or is it all just wild speculation. Suddenly everything in the universe is instantly created from nothing ? what bunkum.
    That is what the evidence suggests. You are always welcome to come up with a better theory, but you're going to require some evidence to support it.

    If you think that Centaurus A is the nearest galaxy to our own galaxy, then you might like to review your evidence.

    What's a "Black Mass?"
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    The Orion Nebula's distance of some 1,500 light-years would make it the closest known black hole to planet Earth.

    Now thats interesting ! If it indeed is a black mass.


    And this one is a lot further away but what is interesting here is they speculate on the binary stars future as later being safe in an orbit . Don't think so. Even though its orbit speed would have to be very quick all orbits decay over time and it can only go one way -down.

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    That is what the evidence suggests. You are always welcome to come up with a better theory, but you're going to require some evidence to support it.
    As you have observed we can only theorise upon the origins of the universe. The only "theory" that, at least, has credible and repeatable tests is that of "creation". We have yet to observe anything "just happen" but we do create new things every day.

    I ma not looking for an argument, or discussion on religious beliefs, I am, however presenting an "alternative" theory.
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    credible and repeatable tests
    You must be joking . Which,what or where "credible and repeatable tests" do you mean? There is not one I am familiar with. If you can point me to one creation truth please do so.

    My conjecture here has always been that there is no one start time . No big bang , no creation by anything or of anything .Clearly only nothing can come from nothing . To see it otherwise is a a source of much bewilderment to me. .

    What is seen as a big bang is in my view most probably one galaxy around one black mass. The black mass gets so big and heavy and spins so fast that it eventually totally explodes throwing material out in all directions but probably mostly in the polar directions (traces of which are the big bang) . Then that matter gradually does all the things we find in galaxies with one central point becoming denser than any other and everything falling back in to that center again culminating in another big bang event when the central black hole , black mass more correctly, explodes again . An endless , closed cycle.

    The fact seems to be that material outside this system and extraneous to it can collide and intermingle and we see this in the skys also. So there is always interaction with anything in the black mass's gravitational field. When that black mass choses to explode based on its rotational speed and its size some stars and matter will still be falling into it . So their remains would likely remain on a course toward where the black mass were albeit more slowly so the central position relative to the complete galaxy would likely remain pretty stable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lsemmens View Post
    As you have observed we can only theorise upon the origins of the universe. The only "theory" that, at least, has credible and repeatable tests is that of "creation". We have yet to observe anything "just happen" but we do create new things every day.

    I ma not looking for an argument, or discussion on religious beliefs, I am, however presenting an "alternative" theory.
    No, it's not an argument. It's correctly stating an observation.
    That is that the universe appears to have a start.
    "we can only theorise".
    No, we can measure and test any theory. That's how we discovered that the universe had a start. And just to add insult to injury the derogatory term given to this ludicrous theory was "The Big Bang". Which then haunted the steady state theorists for the rest of their days.

    It's one of the few occasions I think Science actually felt threatened by religion. There was "a creation". Which logically implies that there might therefore be a creator.

    It was Erwin Hubble who discovered this. He measured the relative velocities of galaxies. He probably didn't expect the result he got. Which was that almost everything was heading away from him. As if he were the center of the universe.
    This is the flaw of Tytower's statement above. There is no central point of the universe. Everything is moving away from everything else such that the center of the universe appears to be wherever you observe it from. The center of your universe is you.

    Another 'issue' with the universe is that of Entropy. "It's all down hill from here."
    It's about energy (and matter which can be considered to be the same thing).
    Where did it all come from and where does it all end up. There's no evidence to suggest new matter and energy are created or destroyed.
    The accounting ledger balances out for at unity for the universe.

    This is the reason you will often hear about theoretical physicists looking for Asymmetry.
    Where do things not add up and what is missing?
    Why is there no free ride? Yet the big bang implies that somebody got a free ride.
    Dark Energy also implies somebody might still be getting a free ride.

    The question is - Can I get a free ride?
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    Quote Originally Posted by trash View Post
    The center of your universe is you.
    Aww thanks mate, I was longing for the day someone else would confirm (scientifically, no less) what I've known since, well, forever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tytower View Post
    Which, what or where "credible and repeatable tests" do you mean?
    I think he means that other big-bang theory here, the one you can try at home.
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    Ok, to follow through on the creation idea. Did computers "just happen", or did someone (pl.) think of an idea and developed it to the point we have now. Same with Cars, etc. etc. WE created them. I've tried the "big bang" theory. I'm still waiting for a nice cold beer to just appear in my empty glass. I even made it easy for beer to just "evolve" and put water in it. I'm still waiting. Meantime I am back to "creating" my own drinks. FWIW we may have been seeded here on Earth by another race from a distant galaxy, or we may have been a "creation" of God. Either way, we did not "just happen".
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    Quote Originally Posted by tytower View Post
    You must be joking . Which,what or where "credible and repeatable tests" do you mean? There is not one I am familiar with. If you can point me to one creation truth please do so.
    Lets start with the simplest examples Tytower.
    The first is the hubble expansion which you incorrectly described as expanding from a central point.
    The second is the cosmic microwave background
    The third is the entropy of matter

    This is just the most basic of explanations and the evidence has been tested, confirmed, retested and peer reviewed and corrected over the last 1000 years of human history. Your argument has been proven to be in error, incorrect and on occasions just complete fantasy.

    My conjecture here has always been that there is no one start time . No big bang , no creation by anything or of anything .Clearly only nothing can come from nothing . To see it otherwise is a a source of much bewilderment to me. .............
    Lets start with the trail of very obvious errors you have made up to this point in time.
    You're frequently incorrect with the statements you have made and make no effort to acknowledge or correct them.
    Bewilderment, is actually just confusion. If you cannot get basic knowledge and theory correct, your never going to find answers you want to know.
    It is however my fear that such errors will pollute the understanding of others reading this thread who do not take the subject too seriously.

    The argument for "no time" is a fair one. Except that we experience it and it is a fundamental aspect of physics. There is no substitute explanation for it.
    General relativity demonstrates very clearly that time is as variable as space. Time exists, it has a clear measurable start and it has defined end.

    "Nothing can come from nothing" is also a fair statement. This is the first law of thermodynamics and entropy.
    The universe obeys this law regardless of an inflationary universe or a steady state universe.
    The problem still exists and the explanation for it much less coherent in a steady state. Entropy is still there. Rewind the history of the universe and you find that in both cases, it has a beginning.
    We see no evidence for a violation in entropy in the universe. Therefore the steady state model just doesn't add up.
    Nor does your whacky attempt to explain away evidence for the big bang, which sells it short by a few orders of magnitude.

    The big bang of course also violates entropy, but only for the very shortest period of time.
    No we don't know why but that is what all of the evidence points towards.

    You'll just have to try harder and provide theories which are at least coherent. Maybe even testable and verifiable.
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