In reply to Post #1
I think his book and writings are 1st class and a very innovative thinker.
However I only made it 10mins into the pod cast as his glib comments on suicide I found hugely offensive, uneducated and stupid. I also thought Nash should have done a far better job editing the offensive ‘look at me' rant.
As a victim of suicide, even 30 years on I find it irresponsible to broadcast such a pub posturing load of nonsense.
I think his book and writings are 1st class and a very innovative thinker.
However I only made it 10mins into the pod cast as his glib comments on suicide I found hugely offensive, uneducated and stupid. I also thought Nash should have done a far better job editing the offensive ‘look at me' rant.
As a victim of suicide, even 30 years on I find it irresponsible to broadcast such a pub posturing load of nonsense.
There are millions of other planets in the known universe that contain intelligent life, I don't think any astrophysicist would argue with that. Indeed, the Frank Drake equation set out some parameters with which we (earth's Mankind) can assess the likelihood. We humans have even set up a listening post to try to find signs of life from within outer space. (The SETI Institute is the only organization in the world that is wholly dedicated to searching for life in the universe. To date it has only found one, yes ONE such signal, the so-called WOW Signal.)
Whether we have been visited by beings from planets within the known universe is more complicated. For a start, we have to ask, what makes Earth so inherently interesting? Why are we so arrogant as to assume that beings with the technology to come here in the first place, would actually want to!
In reply to post #31: Couldn't agree more.
Whether we have been visited by beings from planets within the known universe is more complicated. For a start, we have to ask, what makes Earth so inherently interesting? Why are we so arrogant as to assume that beings with the technology to come here in the first place, would actually want to!
In reply to post #31: Couldn't agree more.
In reply to Post #30
Remember nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. It is impossible, and even if another species could travel at 186000 miles per second it would still take 1000's of years to contact us/them, they/we just would not be alive to make contact. There are literally as many galaxies out there as grains of sand on our planet. Each one as big as our home, the Milkyway, and even bigger. All have planets, sun,s, and stars. You can bet there will be life forms in abundance out there but the sheer vastness of space won't ever allow us to see them. Just to give you an idea one light-year is just under 6 trillion miles. The nearest galaxy to our sun is the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. This is 25000 light-years away. That's a lot of zeros, to travel one light-year with current tech one-tenth the speed of light would take ten years
This was the last image I have taken with my scope setup of the heart nebula 7500 light years away.
Remember nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. It is impossible, and even if another species could travel at 186000 miles per second it would still take 1000's of years to contact us/them, they/we just would not be alive to make contact. There are literally as many galaxies out there as grains of sand on our planet. Each one as big as our home, the Milkyway, and even bigger. All have planets, sun,s, and stars. You can bet there will be life forms in abundance out there but the sheer vastness of space won't ever allow us to see them. Just to give you an idea one light-year is just under 6 trillion miles. The nearest galaxy to our sun is the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. This is 25000 light-years away. That's a lot of zeros, to travel one light-year with current tech one-tenth the speed of light would take ten years
This was the last image I have taken with my scope setup of the heart nebula 7500 light years away.
In reply to Post #33
No such thing as impossible. It just means that we haven't experienced or can't comprehend it yet
No such thing as impossible. It just means that we haven't experienced or can't comprehend it yet
Let's all just go fishing and stay firmly grounded on planet earth. Waters wet, the wind blows and the sun shines and the human race ****s up everything it touches. It's what we do.
In reply to Post #34
Albert Einstein would disagree.
Albert Einstein would disagree.
In reply to Post #36
But he's dead. Haven't you watched Transformers or Star Wars?
But he's dead. Haven't you watched Transformers or Star Wars?
In reply to Post #33
Wow. Great picture.
So Frank, being himself, his stories and joining Mistral has taken us all to a galaxy, far far away
Wow. Great picture.
So Frank, being himself, his stories and joining Mistral has taken us all to a galaxy, far far away
In reply to Post #36
Einstein's theories/equations apply to the 4 dimensions that we can perceive (assuming you consider time a dimension). Todays top physicists all work on quantum mechanics/string theory etc which tell us there are multiple dimensions we can't perceive.
I wont pretend I understand any of this stuff but I watch and listen to a lot of material trying unsuccessfully to get my head round it. What I would say is that despite our incredible progress in physics we are so, so far off having a genuine understanding of the nature of reality and what reality actually is, that nothing is impossible.
Edit: that image is incredible btw!
Einstein's theories/equations apply to the 4 dimensions that we can perceive (assuming you consider time a dimension). Todays top physicists all work on quantum mechanics/string theory etc which tell us there are multiple dimensions we can't perceive.
I wont pretend I understand any of this stuff but I watch and listen to a lot of material trying unsuccessfully to get my head round it. What I would say is that despite our incredible progress in physics we are so, so far off having a genuine understanding of the nature of reality and what reality actually is, that nothing is impossible.
Edit: that image is incredible btw!
Only on this Forum could you get from Frank to Einstein 
In reply to Post #40
Einstein would have been a fantastic carp angler.
Discuss!
Discuss!
In reply to Post #39
Thanks, Yonny, They are looking at a 5th micro dimension that completely fries my tiny brain.
Thanks, Yonny, They are looking at a 5th micro dimension that completely fries my tiny brain.
In reply to Post #42
I would argue that it's relative.
I would argue that it's relative.
In reply to Post #44
Einstein's second wife was also his first cousin through his mother and second cousin through his father. No wonder he knew about relativity.
Einstein's second wife was also his first cousin through his mother and second cousin through his father. No wonder he knew about relativity.