anti-matter

[Billy Castell 0]

What was the point of discovering electricity? Or DNA? Or bothering with mathematics? Its not like they ever led to anything useful is it?

 

 

No you're mistaken mate, you've listed useful research and discoveries to justify researching something pointless. Any idea what use antimatter will ever be?

 

I didn't realise you could see the future, and that you a physicist. What may be seemingly useless now may lead to something amazing in the future. I doubt whoever invented electricity could envisage the internet, mass production and so on.

[Guest]

What was the point of discovering electricity? Or DNA? Or bothering with mathematics? Its not like they ever led to anything useful is it?

 

 

No you're mistaken mate, you've listed useful research and discoveries to justify researching something pointless. Any idea what use antimatter will ever be?

 

I didn't realise you could see the future, and that you a physicist. What may be seemingly useless now may lead to something amazing in the future. I doubt whoever invented electricity could envisage the internet, mass production and so on.

 

 

I don't even know where to start with that.

[Kid Dynamite 5950]

Learning too much about the universe is dangerous. The ancients knew it and they were wiped out without a trace! Funnily enough that was Fringe's storyline this week

[tooner 243]

.....considering it may well prove to be the early days of a unifying theory in physics, yeah its pretty fascinating

 

for once, skidders has a point. You haven't called anybody a boring cunt lately have you ?

 

 

LM in "i don't understand , so i will make disparaging remarks" shocker!!

 

while I can understand that you may genuinely not be interested in the topic, the fact that anti-matter (or rather the storage and stockpiling of anti-matter) has only been theoretical until now, makes this one of the most significant scientific milestones of the last 100 years

 

 

Aye ok. So apart from 'understanding', what actual everyday use is this going to achieve?

 

Good question really from any layman.

 

I read both links and kept thinking........And. I even started to reply twice and thought, fuck it. But as its got going, what is the point and is this research and experiments being carried out with a view to something at the end of it.

 

Not dissing your interest in this btw.

 

 

fair enough, but how are we to have practical plans for something we've only just now proven exists?

 

i think this is similar:

to science debunking the myth that the earth is the center of the universe.

or newton's laws.

or the theory of relativity.

It's interesting because its pushing the envelope of how we perceive the universe, and eventually will lead to more mundane everyday applications of this greater (hopefully) understanding.

 

Thats the bit Im missing tbf.

 

I gather from the article that anti matter used to exist before the big bang and that after the big bang it dissappeared, I just wasnt sure why they were trying to re-create it and what was driving the experiment?

 

IE Was this leading to some great development or breakthrough.

 

Straight forward enough questions I would have thought for a topic of this nature on a football forum.

The centre of the universe example makes sense btw.

 

 

agreed

 

it's really just the tip of the iceburg with this field of study, when looking at the young universe they have all these existing theories of what happened and how it happened, and then when they look at what we have now all the theories fall apart. if they can determine a unifying theory for physics who knows what applications it would have for the everyday experience. personally i'm hoping for flying cars....

[Park Life 70]

.....considering it may well prove to be the early days of a unifying theory in physics, yeah its pretty fascinating

 

for once, skidders has a point. You haven't called anybody a boring cunt lately have you ?

 

 

LM in "i don't understand , so i will make disparaging remarks" shocker!!

 

while I can understand that you may genuinely not be interested in the topic, the fact that anti-matter (or rather the storage and stockpiling of anti-matter) has only been theoretical until now, makes this one of the most significant scientific milestones of the last 100 years

 

 

Aye ok. So apart from 'understanding', what actual everyday use is this going to achieve?

 

Good question really from any layman.

 

I read both links and kept thinking........And. I even started to reply twice and thought, fuck it. But as its got going, what is the point and is this research and experiments being carried out with a view to something at the end of it.

 

Not dissing your interest in this btw.

 

 

fair enough, but how are we to have practical plans for something we've only just now proven exists?

 

i think this is similar:

to science debunking the myth that the earth is the center of the universe.

or newton's laws.

or the theory of relativity.

It's interesting because its pushing the envelope of how we perceive the universe, and eventually will lead to more mundane everyday applications of this greater (hopefully) understanding.

 

Thats the bit Im missing tbf.

 

I gather from the article that anti matter used to exist before the big bang and that after the big bang it dissappeared, I just wasnt sure why they were trying to re-create it and what was driving the experiment?

 

IE Was this leading to some great development or breakthrough.

 

Straight forward enough questions I would have thought for a topic of this nature on a football forum.

The centre of the universe example makes sense btw.

 

 

agreed

 

it's really just the tip of the iceburg with this field of study, when looking at the young universe they have all these existing theories of what happened and how it happened, and then when they look at what we have now all the theories fall apart. if they can determine a unifying theory for physics who knows what applications it would have for the everyday experience. personally i'm hoping for flying cars....

 

Unifying theory is hard like.

[tooner 243]

well maybe if it was more useful ....we'd have one by now

[Christmas Tree 3997]

.....considering it may well prove to be the early days of a unifying theory in physics, yeah its pretty fascinating

 

for once, skidders has a point. You haven't called anybody a boring cunt lately have you ?

 

 

LM in "i don't understand , so i will make disparaging remarks" shocker!!

 

while I can understand that you may genuinely not be interested in the topic, the fact that anti-matter (or rather the storage and stockpiling of anti-matter) has only been theoretical until now, makes this one of the most significant scientific milestones of the last 100 years

 

 

Aye ok. So apart from 'understanding', what actual everyday use is this going to achieve?

 

Good question really from any layman.

 

I read both links and kept thinking........And. I even started to reply twice and thought, fuck it. But as its got going, what is the point and is this research and experiments being carried out with a view to something at the end of it.

 

Not dissing your interest in this btw.

 

 

fair enough, but how are we to have practical plans for something we've only just now proven exists?

 

i think this is similar:

to science debunking the myth that the earth is the center of the universe.

or newton's laws.

or the theory of relativity.

It's interesting because its pushing the envelope of how we perceive the universe, and eventually will lead to more mundane everyday applications of this greater (hopefully) understanding.

 

Thats the bit Im missing tbf.

 

I gather from the article that anti matter used to exist before the big bang and that after the big bang it dissappeared, I just wasnt sure why they were trying to re-create it and what was driving the experiment?

 

IE Was this leading to some great development or breakthrough.

 

Straight forward enough questions I would have thought for a topic of this nature on a football forum.

The centre of the universe example makes sense btw.

 

 

agreed

 

it's really just the tip of the iceburg with this field of study, when looking at the young universe they have all these existing theories of what happened and how it happened, and then when they look at what we have now all the theories fall apart. if they can determine a unifying theory for physics who knows what applications it would have for the everyday experience. personally i'm hoping for flying cars....

 

 

Having just had a quick google around I now realise that the Starship Enterprise is powered by an antimatter engine.

 

Now Tooner if you had included this fact in your opening post you would have saved a lot of time.

[Tom 13883]

If you aren't a cutting edge scientist way ahead of world development you aren't allowed an opinion by the way, I just thought I'd lay that down.

[Christ O'Pher 0]

Thats the bit Im missing tbf.

 

I gather from the article that anti matter used to exist before the big bang and that after the big bang it dissappeared, I just wasnt sure why they were trying to re-create it and what was driving the experiment?

 

IE Was this leading to some great development or breakthrough.

 

Straight forward enough questions I would have thought for a topic of this nature on a football forum.

 

The centre of the universe example makes sense btw.

 

In principle, matter and anti-matter are just as valid manifestations of energy. If all of the matter in the universe was replaced with anti-matter, we wouldn't know the difference. As there's no reason whatsoever that either type should be preferred, it's a mystery in science why one type has vastly prevailed in the observable universe as opposed to the other.

[tooner 243]

.....considering it may well prove to be the early days of a unifying theory in physics, yeah its pretty fascinating

 

for once, skidders has a point. You haven't called anybody a boring cunt lately have you ?

 

 

LM in "i don't understand , so i will make disparaging remarks" shocker!!

 

while I can understand that you may genuinely not be interested in the topic, the fact that anti-matter (or rather the storage and stockpiling of anti-matter) has only been theoretical until now, makes this one of the most significant scientific milestones of the last 100 years

 

 

Aye ok. So apart from 'understanding', what actual everyday use is this going to achieve?

 

Good question really from any layman.

 

I read both links and kept thinking........And. I even started to reply twice and thought, fuck it. But as its got going, what is the point and is this research and experiments being carried out with a view to something at the end of it.

 

Not dissing your interest in this btw.

 

 

fair enough, but how are we to have practical plans for something we've only just now proven exists?

 

i think this is similar:

to science debunking the myth that the earth is the center of the universe.

or newton's laws.

or the theory of relativity.

It's interesting because its pushing the envelope of how we perceive the universe, and eventually will lead to more mundane everyday applications of this greater (hopefully) understanding.

 

Thats the bit Im missing tbf.

 

I gather from the article that anti matter used to exist before the big bang and that after the big bang it dissappeared, I just wasnt sure why they were trying to re-create it and what was driving the experiment?

 

IE Was this leading to some great development or breakthrough.

 

Straight forward enough questions I would have thought for a topic of this nature on a football forum.

The centre of the universe example makes sense btw.

 

 

agreed

 

it's really just the tip of the iceburg with this field of study, when looking at the young universe they have all these existing theories of what happened and how it happened, and then when they look at what we have now all the theories fall apart. if they can determine a unifying theory for physics who knows what applications it would have for the everyday experience. personally i'm hoping for flying cars....

 

 

Having just had a quick google around I now realise that the Starship Enterprise is powered by an antimatter engine.

 

Now Tooner if you had included this fact in your opening post you would have saved a lot of time.

 

 

more of a Lucas fan than a Roddenberry fan tbh.....but yeah, and apparently some outfit in arizona has plans for this type of engine.

[Christmas Tree 3997]

.....considering it may well prove to be the early days of a unifying theory in physics, yeah its pretty fascinating

 

for once, skidders has a point. You haven't called anybody a boring cunt lately have you ?

 

 

LM in "i don't understand , so i will make disparaging remarks" shocker!!

 

while I can understand that you may genuinely not be interested in the topic, the fact that anti-matter (or rather the storage and stockpiling of anti-matter) has only been theoretical until now, makes this one of the most significant scientific milestones of the last 100 years

 

 

Aye ok. So apart from 'understanding', what actual everyday use is this going to achieve?

 

Good question really from any layman.

 

I read both links and kept thinking........And. I even started to reply twice and thought, fuck it. But as its got going, what is the point and is this research and experiments being carried out with a view to something at the end of it.

 

Not dissing your interest in this btw.

 

 

fair enough, but how are we to have practical plans for something we've only just now proven exists?

 

i think this is similar:

to science debunking the myth that the earth is the center of the universe.

or newton's laws.

or the theory of relativity.

It's interesting because its pushing the envelope of how we perceive the universe, and eventually will lead to more mundane everyday applications of this greater (hopefully) understanding.

 

Thats the bit Im missing tbf.

 

I gather from the article that anti matter used to exist before the big bang and that after the big bang it dissappeared, I just wasnt sure why they were trying to re-create it and what was driving the experiment?

 

IE Was this leading to some great development or breakthrough.

 

Straight forward enough questions I would have thought for a topic of this nature on a football forum.

The centre of the universe example makes sense btw.

 

 

agreed

 

it's really just the tip of the iceburg with this field of study, when looking at the young universe they have all these existing theories of what happened and how it happened, and then when they look at what we have now all the theories fall apart. if they can determine a unifying theory for physics who knows what applications it would have for the everyday experience. personally i'm hoping for flying cars....

 

 

Having just had a quick google around I now realise that the Starship Enterprise is powered by an antimatter engine.

 

Now Tooner if you had included this fact in your opening post you would have saved a lot of time.

 

 

more of a Lucas fan than a Roddenberry fan tbh.....but yeah, and apparently some outfit in arizona has plans for this type of engine.

 

 

Well they may have to wait a while as the clever lads at CERN reckon it would take "millions and millions of years" to glean enough anti matter to propel an engine.

[Kid Dynamite 5950]

They would though tbh

[Gemmill 34800]

We could do with someone discovering antimong on here.

[Tom 13883]

We have the opposite down to a tee!

 

Sloopmong browsing with his rotund shoes!!

[trophyshy 6441]

We could do with someone discovering antimong on here.

[adios 717]

.....considering it may well prove to be the early days of a unifying theory in physics, yeah its pretty fascinating

mehhhh, I think we already have one tbh.

 

shame what this thread turned into like, usual mongs hard at work

[ChezGiven 0]

Questioning the final use for the research is really stupid.

 

First of all, a great deal of modern 'applications' of science are discovered by accident. Viagra being the classic example. There are two types of science though, theres the basic stuff when you observe for the first time and generate theories from assumptions and then there is the practical side when you test your theories in experiments. All science builds itself up this way from basic observation and theory to 'falsification' in repeated experiments. Loads of things in our lives have been developed from basic forms of science being pursued for purely scientific reasons. The majority imo.

 

What the CERN lot are doing here is making the very first observations of the phenomena, they only had theory to guide them to even looking for it. Expecting there to be a firm idea about what the science will mean practically is like expecting the first time man discovered his cellular structure under microscope to have envisaged gene therapies for cancer.

 

Fucking tits.

[tooner 243]

Questioning the final use for the research is really stupid.

 

First of all, a great deal of modern 'applications' of science are discovered by accident. Viagra being the classic example. There are two types of science though, theres the basic stuff when you observe for the first time and generate theories from assumptions and then there is the practical side when you test your theories in experiments. All science builds itself up this way from basic observation and theory to 'falsification' in repeated experiments. Loads of things in our lives have been developed from basic forms of science being pursued for purely scientific reasons. The majority imo.

 

What the CERN lot are doing here is making the very first observations of the phenomena, they only had theory to guide them to even looking for it. Expecting there to be a firm idea about what the science will mean practically is like expecting the first time man discovered his cellular structure under microscope to have envisaged gene therapies for cancer.

 

Fucking tits.

 

....+1000000

[trophyshy 6441]

fucking tits is a great application of science tbf.

[ChezGiven 0]

fucking tits is a great application of science tbf.

Accidental too, blokes mistook them for arses.

[adios 717]

fucking tits is a great application of science tbf.

[trophyshy 6441]

fucking tits is a great application of science tbf.

Accidental too, blokes mistook them for arses.

 

Are you talking about the loose yet compelling correlation between cleft and cleavage?

 

Or just giving us more Gallic insight?

Edited November 18, 2010 by trophyshy

[ChezGiven 0]

fucking tits is a great application of science tbf.

Accidental too, blokes mistook them for arses.

 

Are you talking about the loose yet compelling correlation between cleft and cleavage?

 

Or just giving us more Gallic insight?

 

Either evolutionists have conjectured that tits attracted basic primates because they were like arses or i'm revealing a bit of cleavage. One of the two.

[trophyshy 6441]

fucking tits is a great application of science tbf.

Accidental too, blokes mistook them for arses.

 

Are you talking about the loose yet compelling correlation between cleft and cleavage?

 

Or just giving us more Gallic insight?

 

Either evolutionists have conjectured that tits attracted basic primates because they were like arses or i'm revealing a bit of cleavage. One of the two.

 

Evolutionists rarely see tits let alone get to conjecture on them, but fair play to them for having a theory anyway.

 

Get yer tits oot for the lads Chez, obviously.

 

[sammynb 2929]

fucking tits is a great application of science tbf.

Accidental too, blokes mistook them for arses.

 

Are you talking about the loose yet compelling correlation between cleft and cleavage?

 

Or just giving us more Gallic insight?

 

Either evolutionists have conjectured that tits attracted basic primates because they were like arses or i'm revealing a bit of cleavage. One of the two.

 

Isn't the quantum theory that both are close to the vessel intended but male nature is to try and stick a round block in a square hole?