#testability

[skylobster]

Let a hundred flowers bloom. Let a hundred schools of thought contend.

So riddle me this Batman: Can this hypothesis predict anything that we can test empirically? If not, it is in danger of falling into the category of “Your theory is so bad, it’s not even wrong!” But our ability to observe the universe around us is constantly improving. Stay tuned….

WHAT IS MIRROR UNIVERSE THEORY??

Blog#386

Saturday, March 23rd, 2024.

Welcome back,

“The identity of dark matter represents one of the greatest mysteries of Nature, whose resolution requires new physics beyond the Standard Model,” the paper reads. “Theories of DM range from those in which its physics is closely related to the Standard Model, to those in which it is utterly alien.”

This idea falls in the latter camp.

As described by astrophysicist Paul Sutter for Live Science, the idea posits that for every interaction of normal matter in our universe, a mirror interaction occurs in the universe of dark matter. Furthermore, the study suggests that while protons and neutrons have roughly the same mass in our universe, the same is not true in this hypothetical “dark mirror” universe. This could cause protons to evaporate, creating a free-floating sea of “dark neutrons” and a universe filled with its own “dark periodic table of dark elements,” an idea that’s been proposed in previous research.

“The absence of dark protons is not sufficient to prevent the formation of atomic dark matter. If two [dark neutrons] can form a bound state (dark dineutron), bigger nuclei of pure [dark neutrons] can form during dark Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, and can grow to be very large due to the lack of electromagnetic repulsion,” the paper reads. “Such nuclei of pure [dark neutrons] are perfectly valid dark matter candidates.”

This new paper isn’t the first to propose that dark matter could be hiding in another “mirror” universe. Scientists from the University of Toronto theorize that we could theoretically glimpse “dark matter” stars that form in this other universe if they contain clumps of normal matter.

If a mirror star were to drift within the swirling gas of a nebula, for example, its immense gravitational pull—though weak—could affect normal matter in a way that’s distinct from standard matter interactions and make the mirror star observable. However, some scientists question if dark matter stars, which would be shorter lived than our normal stars, would even exist this long after the Big Bang.

That brings the search for dark matter—whether in this universe or in another “dark mirror” one—back to the same familiar game of hide-and-seek.

Originally published on www.popularmechanics.com

COMING UP!!

(Wednesday, March 27th, 2024)

"DARK MATTER DOESN'T EXIT ON OUR UNIVERSE??"

[tanadrin]

it’s interesting how no religion (with all the caveats the use of that word entails) can resist making cosmological and scientific claims, and that this is true even for very recently invented religions that ought to know the risk of their claims getting debunked is very high. if I were going to start a religion, I would at least make sure it wouldn’t be debunked in my lifetime.

[forestofsprites]

sam putting cas on bunker storage room #18 clean-out duty bc the nosy angel enjoys rummaging enjoys organizing and sam's confident he'll breeze through it overnight, but what in fact happens is that cas is a nosy angel who enjoys rummaging enjoys organizing & thus pauses 13 minutes in bc he finds a doohickey that he's convinced dean will be able to tinker with and revive (he does), organizes sure but does so into an eclectic system of apparent whim (he himself thinks it’s perfectly sound and logical),& then ultimately spends the majority of the night poring over decades-old receipts and smiling away to himself

[pianokantzart]

What do you think about Bowser's 9,800 IQ?

I theorize one of two things

The person under King Bowser who gave him the I.Q test purposefully fudged the numbers to make him happy

Bowser doesn't know how I.Q scores work and made up a large number off the top of his head

I'm leaning toward option 2, considering that even the most brilliant minds rarely score above 180. Depending on the canon I'd give Bowser an 130 I.Q max, and that's being generous.

[ananonymousbirb]

having a mysterious unidentifiable undiagnosed heart condition sucks

wdym I can just have random heart attacks and the doctor is just like “idk, hormones? exercise more?” like what??

[deliriousblue]

swinging a bat at a hornet's nest but acting like the world is ending because there were two teasing-but-not-actually-ql shows on at the same time is absurd to me. gmmtv has been airing ql four to five nights a week all fall i really do not think tay and new doing a show together where they don't kiss is a harbinger of doom

[chimericchaos]

You know I see these posts about how maturity should be the standard and i start to agree untill i realize just how many fucking conversations ive had about maturity not even being a real thing??

Like people will believe what they will but i have times even niw as a fully grown adult that i recognize i am absolutely not fucking mature at all. And i stop myself then and ask what the hell maturity is, and every time i look it up because i want a source that isnt just my brain, i get a completely different answer. It really depends if you get it from merriam webster or this one guy on quora. One maybe be far more credible, but its not just one guy on quora. Ots a whole lot of people saying very different things to the actual definition of what mature is. This indicates that either education globally is fucking awful (which may not be wrong tbf) or that possibly what we understand to be matuity is a complex and nuanced thing that is unmeasurable and is probably sonething else actually

Like i dont know what fucking metric you want to use for "if this person consents to having medical bills" or whatever but if it isnt age then maybe something more concrete and physically measurable than maturity? Or maybe if we *cannot* have sonething concrete and measurable because that thing doesnt exist somehow, then perhaps we can say "to each their own" and just go with what the person fucking says they want?

I dont know about yall but i feel like im saying and not saying so much here. But like. Maybe let people make their own choices. Their own mistakes. And help them so that those mistakes are reversible. Other than that i dont feel like i should get a say in what someone else does. Just. End of story.

[despairs-memorial]

I'm thinking about the Madarai brothers, and it's so funny that they're collectively the ultimate bodyguard and multiple birth siblings. Idk, there's just something inherently funny about the idea of testing one of those. They all just show up and they're like "Yep, that's a lot of them." and send them on their way. Like, no wonder the reserve course are so pissed. I would be too if these guys are here because they were born.

[cosmosarcana]

religion as a whole is copium but you gotta respect it regardless

[foated]

Ok I came up with a research question and I’ve found 3 sources so far 💪

[glacierruler]

I need to put "The moon is made of Green Cheese!" in something. Don't know what but LMAO

[nature-played-a-trick-on-me]

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person in the world whose physical health problems are truly caused by stress oh my god

[chaossequence]

Suppose someone says "Shaquille O'Neal cannot got into my Volkswagen." <- deep philosophy discussion occuring here

[radfestivaldreamer]

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[sokolygrandaananeva]

Simulation Theory

However, beyond fiction, the simulation theory has also been addressed in academic circles, where physicists and philosophers explore whether this idea can be scientifically tested.

The Simulation Theory and its Testability The idea that we live in a simulation has been popularised in contemporary culture through films, novels, and video games. This notion raises fundamental questions about the nature of reality and consciousness. However, beyond fiction, the simulation theory has also been addressed in academic circles, where physicists and philosophers explore whether…

[tincansamurai]

this dizziness thing is 100% allergy related or it would make no sense that it happens the same time of year. unfortunately for me it seems impervious to normal amounts of antihistamines (does seem affected to some degree by doubling shit up) and i now need to pay no-insurance prices for medicine. also unfortunate that even if i had insurance i am sure every doctor would just shrug and move on like the past two years this happened to me. whatever. i reeaaaallly wish i was getting xolair this week. haha. yeah. powering thru. we got this. every dr said i'm not gonna die, so if i do can a loyal follower punish them in my stead please