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Author Topic: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel  (Read 3705 times)

Il Palazzo

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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #30 on: September 10, 2010, 11:39:39 am »

I think he is more on Servant Corps' level, rather than Armok's, only less imaginative and unwilling to defend his ideas.
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #31 on: September 10, 2010, 11:53:47 am »

Holy Time Cube, Batman!
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #32 on: September 10, 2010, 02:02:34 pm »

Let us examine time as it compares to this forum:

You see text.

What actually happens is that a server runs a few php scripts connected to a database to generate a response to your HTTP request over TCP that your browser reads as a HTTP header and HTML, converts the HTML to an image that it then passes on to the OS that sends it through the graphics system to become signals in a cable that your monitor interprets as coloured pixels that you finally see as text on a screen.

Similarily, I do not see time as a 5D fluid, I see it as a Δ. It is too complex for humanity to understand without further research, so why does it matter, except to say "it works." and proceed with life 99.9% of the time. You do not question how you can see the forum very often, do you?
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #33 on: September 10, 2010, 02:12:35 pm »

I don't see time as a Δ, I see it as a .
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #34 on: September 10, 2010, 02:22:57 pm »

What are you on about?

We pretty much understand how time works, thank you. It's not that complex; nothing in this universe is, at a low enough level.

While you've been telling yourself you're smart for admitting you don't understand time(::)), scientists have gotten to the point of experimental verification of the only kind of time machine this universe permits.
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #35 on: September 10, 2010, 03:10:57 pm »

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« Last Edit: May 04, 2015, 11:16:27 pm by Bauglir »
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #36 on: September 10, 2010, 04:49:28 pm »

I understand time perfectly.  Here is a brief explanation.

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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #37 on: September 10, 2010, 06:10:29 pm »

Also, why are so many of you people mean to me? :'(
It might have to do with what you say on the forum. Just maybe.
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #38 on: September 10, 2010, 06:17:31 pm »

B-but I don't say mean things!
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #39 on: September 10, 2010, 06:20:56 pm »

Actually, you kind of do.  A lot of the stuff you say has a very high-minded feel to it, like the rest of us are stupid for not understanding the stuff you say (Which is generally unintelligible), and it can be construed as mean.
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #40 on: September 10, 2010, 06:23:11 pm »

We pretty much understand how time works, thank you. It's not that complex; nothing in this universe is, at a low enough level.
Well yeah, everything is simple on a low enough level... but we still don't really understand a lot of it. Higher-level you run into interactions between those simple rules that simply don't add up. Hence the need for a unifying theory of physics.

B-but I don't say mean things!
Yo do tend to be a bit condescending. And you tend to make claims then back them up with "I'm an expert, believe me. No I can't prove it, your feeble minds couldn't understand the explanation."
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #41 on: September 10, 2010, 08:52:45 pm »

B-but I don't say mean things!
Yo do tend to be a bit condescending. And you tend to make claims then back them up with "I'm an expert, believe me. No I can't prove it, your feeble minds couldn't understand the explanation."
Heh, I understand most of what Armok says. :)
And don't worry Armok, no matter how mean they are, they still make blood sacrifices to you in magnificent temples. :D
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #42 on: September 10, 2010, 08:53:31 pm »

B-but I don't say mean things!
Yo do tend to be a bit condescending. And you tend to make claims then back them up with "I'm an expert, believe me. No I can't prove it, your feeble minds couldn't understand the explanation."
Heh, I understand most of what Armok says. :)

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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #43 on: September 10, 2010, 09:36:19 pm »

B-but I don't say mean things!
Yo do tend to be a bit condescending. And you tend to make claims then back them up with "I'm an expert, believe me. No I can't prove it, your feeble minds couldn't understand the explanation."
Heh, I understand most of what Armok says. :)
As do I, but I'm not usually the one asking for, and not receiving, explanations.
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Re: The Nature of the Universe and Time Travel
« Reply #44 on: September 10, 2010, 09:51:09 pm »

Don't worry Armok, I don't think badly of you. I just hope Toady is taking notes, because if the god of blood ever officially works his way into DF, I want him to act exactly like you.

It would be the funniest thing ever.
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