DC 45: What is the Universe
Well, adrienpellerin, I don't consider myself an astronomer. Apparently, it's a HOLOGRAM.
But sometimes, it's tv show.
Yep. The universe is just one long tv show waiting to get canceled. Word, Adrian? Did'ju just compare the universe to a 25 minute Emmy-nominated comedy series? Sorta, but stay with me for a few moments on this one:
Basically, the Universe is as simple as 1 + 1. just the sum of all things in existence, including both all Known and Unknown elements.
The Known Universe consists of all things made up of matter. This includes all that has ever been, is, and will be to infinity. You know, the whole conservation of mass thing?
Basically, since matter can’t be created or destroyed, but just...reconfigured, nothing’s REALLY new! Pretty neat to think that all our body parts and everything around us descended from the STARS. From the mighty mountains to the lowliest tic, we share our physical make-up and building blocks with huge burning balls of gas..
But the Universe is more than that! It's also the glue that binds the human experience to our species: thoughts, dreams, fears, aspirations, love, hate, art, science, literature, the whole nine!
But that's just the Universe we KNOW about..
The weirdest part about it all: it’s an entirely subjective experience! Your blue vs My blue' kinda deal.
If all I know is my consciousness, that's not to say that things I haven't experienced don’t exist.
Just because I haven’t seen Antarctica in person doesn’t mean it ain’t there….(but what if it wasn’t?! Can someone put me in contact with a person who’s actually been!?) Same thing applies to history, and the future. The American Civil War definitely happened, we went to the moon!
If we can accept that, then who’s to say there aren't lifeforms on other planets? Sure the chances might be astronomical...but they’re probably thinking the same about us. Hell, there could be an entire parallel universe existing in the same space that was just...invisible (existing in the 5th dimension or 7th or...or even TEN?! But that’s where my Nobel laureate in the making *** expertise wanes thin..
TLDR: What's the Universe? A badass With stars for great great great etc. grandparents, we're bound to shine brilliantly.
adrienpellerin You're on a deserted island with one kinda of food. You HAVE to eat this food FOREVER. What is it, and why?
***DISCLAIMERS: I’m a nobel laureate in the making, so if any of this doesn’t make sense, get a nobel peace prize in Physics, and we’ll do tea and discuss why I’m the greatest mind of the 23rd century**
**I assume that around 2043, a medical breakthrough will occur extending the average human life by several centuries*
*I make a lot of assumptions. Some of them are true! Many turn out to be just exactly what Mrs. Tilton said they’d do when I “ass-u-me”. I’ll show her...I’ll show EVERYONE***