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A thoughtFrom: Steven
Subject: Philosophy
Date/Time 2009-10-26 00:42:11
Remote IP: 76.252.64.69
Message>>>What is everything made of?
>>>It's now clear that ordinary matter -- atoms, stars and galaxies
>>>-- accountsfor a paltry 4 per cent of the universe's total
>>>energy budget. It's the other 96 per cent that keeps
>>>University of Michigan physicist Katherine Freese engaged.
>>>Freese is excited that one part of the problem, the nature
>>>of dark matter, may be nearing resolution.
>>>But the discovery of dark energy, which appears to be
>>>speeding up the expansion of the universe, has created a
>>>vast new set of puzzles for which there are no immediate
>>>answers in sight. This includes the nature of the dark
>>>energy itself and the question of why it has a value that
>>>is so extraordinarily small, allowing for the formation
>>>of galaxies, stars and the emergence of life.
Understanding only 4% of the universe means they don't
understand much. The 96% dark matter/dark energy is
the important part.
Here's an amusing thought that just came to mind:
Just the way the paragraph was written makes me feel
as if the universe is actually a living organism, and
the 4% known items are just the "inert" parts of the
organism. Planet Earth with all its life, human
inquiry and investigation, is the "dantian" of the
organism. The organism was "born" in the "Big Bang"
and continues to "grow" to this day . . . maybe they
should view the universe as a living organism, and the
components inside are just organ systems . . . S
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