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40. They base the age of the universe by the farthest object

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 11:26 PM

Mar 2016

they can view. But, in a few years, other further objects are going to be viewed with the new James Webb Space Telescope which in turn will increase the age of the universe.

In other words, 14 billion years could be wildly of the mark.

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Physicists find extreme violation of local realism in quantum hypergraph states [View all] bananas Mar 2016 OP

I think I'll have to wait for this to be posted on another site fbc Mar 2016 #1

"extreme violation of local realism"? KamaAina Mar 2016 #2

Indeed, that is probably the party's platform's principle principal... xocet Mar 2016 #7

Yes, but how do we get "disentangled" from them? villager Mar 2016 #16

Ah, therein lies the rub. KamaAina Mar 2016 #17

Typically, entanglement is broken by observation mindwalker_i Mar 2016 #19

And since we're clearly observing collapse, will there be fission, or fusion, as a result? villager Mar 2016 #22

You get a cat in living in a box. Fuddnik Mar 2016 #24

So 1%ers imagine that they live "outside the box." If the economy is dead *inside* the box villager Mar 2016 #25

It is collapsing and we're observing that mindwalker_i Mar 2016 #36

So if I understand you correctly... gregcrawford Mar 2016 #43

Yup mindwalker_i Mar 2016 #46

No silly RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #26

Do we really need more threads about the Bundies? noamnety Mar 2016 #3

K&R. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #4

k&r McCamy Taylor Mar 2016 #5

Can you explain what is meant by "notions of 'reality' "? Are you actually referring to what is xocet Mar 2016 #10

When you find a religion whose dogma is subject to Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #20

You're ignoring the entire correspondence problem. Igel Mar 2016 #33

On my planet sulphurdunn Mar 2016 #6

Here is the article... xocet Mar 2016 #8

While I appreciate the marvels of particle physics... gregcrawford Mar 2016 #44

How long before Deepak Chopra spins this into another pseudoscience moneymaker for himself? Orrex Mar 2016 #9

Well hell. I thought that was pretty obivous. Katashi_itto Mar 2016 #11

I like it. bemildred Mar 2016 #12

Of course they wait until a Friday afternoon, when no one is looking, to dump this news. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2016 #13

Kerspert !!! pangaia Mar 2016 #14

God that was good,, I godda repeat..... pangaia Mar 2016 #15

... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #21

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2016 #18

I'm 61 years old and my time here on this plane Unknown Beatle Mar 2016 #23

Not that it matters much with respect to your point but... BillZBubb Mar 2016 #27

How old is the universe then? Unknown Beatle Mar 2016 #28

To the best of our knowledge a "tad" under 14 billion years. BillZBubb Mar 2016 #38

They base the age of the universe by the farthest object Unknown Beatle Mar 2016 #40

No, the cosmic background radiation is the key, not visibile "objects". BillZBubb Mar 2016 #45

"Red Faced" Unknown Beatle Mar 2016 #47

No sweat, this stuff gets confusing sometimes (Plus you might still be right!) BillZBubb Mar 2016 #48

While admitting that this is beside your point, WMAP data and Planck data nevertheless yielded: xocet Mar 2016 #30

Uh, yeah Liberal Unrelenting Mar 2016 #29

Has Sheldon been notified of the findings ??? SamKnause Mar 2016 #31

Alerting! edbermac Mar 2016 #32

I'm glad you posted this, Bananas, and thanks. NBachers Mar 2016 #34

For Some Your reality is an illusion Ichingcarpenter Mar 2016 #35

Hillary. Pauldg47 Mar 2016 #42

+1 stranger81 Mar 2016 #49

I just goddamn KNEW IT!!! jomin41 Mar 2016 #37

I'm all for violating realism... surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #39

Does this have to do with the difference between exit polls... dchill Mar 2016 #41

Who is ahead ashling Mar 2016 #50

wow, I don't know where to start or finish Demonaut Mar 2016 #51