The Astronomers

The Universe is a strange place

About the Lecture Perhaps the universe is not so much strange as brimming with lovely paradox. The search for such beauty seems to lie at the heart of Frank Wilczek’s work. Twentieth century physics, from Einstein through Wilczek’s own Nobel Prize-winning efforts, involves demonstrating the existence of a topsy-turvy reality: for instance, that such sub-atomic particles as quarks and gluons, which have little or no mass, “orchestrate themselves into not just protons and neutrons but you and me,” according to Wilczek. “How is it possible to construct heavy objects out of objects that weigh nothing?,” he asks. Only by “creating mass out of pure energy.” These particles are essentially “excitations in otherwise empty space.” Says Wilczek: “That suggests something …beautiful and poetic: the masses of particles are not like, or similar to or metaphorically suggested by—they are the tones or frequencies of vibration patterns in dynamical voids.” The theory of quarks and gluons and the strong interaction accounts quantitatively for “the mass of protons, neutrons and ultimately you and me and everything around us.” But physics has not yet squared away all aspects of the universe. Wilzcek says that “in cosmology, we meet our match, and don’t know what’s going on.” This is because scientists can’t account for much of the mass in the cosmos. 70% of this mass is in “dark energy,” which is pushing the universe apart. Wilczek hopes that explanations for the dark stuff will emerge through improving equations, unifying theories of different interactions and extending their symmetries. “Beautifying equations leads not to ugly consequences but beautiful surprises,” he concludes.

About  the  Lecture  Perhaps  universe  is  not  so  much  strange  as  brimming  with  lovely  paradox.  The  search  for  such  beauty  seems  to  lie  at  heart  of  Frank  Wilczek’s  work.  Twentieth  century  physics  from  Einstein  through  own  Nobel  Prize-winning  efforts  involves  demonstrating  existence  topsy-turvy  reality:  instance  that  sub-atomic  particles  quarks  and  gluons  which  have  little  or  no  mass  “orchestrate  themselves  into  just  protons  neutrons  but  you  me  according  Wilczek.  “How  it  possible  construct  heavy  objects  out  weigh  nothing  he  asks.  Only  by  “creating  pure  energy.”  These  are  essentially  “excitations  in  otherwise  empty  space.”  Says  Wilczek:  “That  suggests  something  …beautiful  poetic:  masses  like  similar  metaphorically  suggested  by—they  tones  frequencies  vibration  patterns  dynamical  voids.”  theory  strong  interaction  accounts  quantitatively  “the  ultimately  everything  around  us.”  But  has  yet  squared  away  all  aspects  universe.  Wilzcek  says  “in  cosmology  we  meet  our  match  don’t  know  what’s  going  on.”  This  because  scientists  can’t  account  cosmos.  70  this  “dark  energy  pushing  apart.  Wilczek  hopes  explanations  dark  stuff  will  emerge  improving  equations  unifying  theories  different  interactions  extending  their  symmetries.  “Beautifying  leads  ugly  consequences  beautiful  surprises  concludes. 

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WAR ON MORON

Earth , as far as we know the only place life exists anywhere in Universe, a special place, rare, unique,fragile, irreplaceable, our home - All the people of earth are all in grave danger, not from terrorists or natural forces, not from climate change or disease but from the dark forces of Moron. Moron ! the dark lord of stupidity , the bringer of dumb, the harbinger of delusion, ignorance and darkness. The maintainer of mumbo jumbo , hocus pocus and gobble d gook, whos shadow we are all born under. His disciples the Morons do his work , spreading dumb, doing dumb , being dumb and the dumbness envelopes us all in a great dark cloak of ignorance. For these are the Dim AGES. Belief and delusion, the pillars of Morons evil work, abound across the earth , Imaginary beings, unsustainable economics,the destruction of life for profit. Moron feeds on the fantasy lives of billions of Humans as they grope though the glory of existence hobbled by collective stupidity, blinded by ignorance, crippled by lies. Unless we fight them Morons will destroy us and our home the earth , morons will make you and your children stupid, morons believe anything and will kill you if you don't believe it as well, morons are everywhere and the dark lord moron is making more every day...Now is the time to take sides, to stand with The Astronomers on the eternal road of infinite study , on side of light and life and knowledge, to praise the laws of physics and spread the sacred facts . and all other things that we may know, and to while morons believe, for none will be spared and none will be untouched in - The WAR ON Moron - Morons who believe without question , who have faith but no facts , morons who claim a higher hand guides them to be dumb, commands them to be stupid and encourages their ignorance, must be stopped. Only Morons can destroy life and claim a higher purpose, morons are base, merciless, killers whos dogma bigotry prejudice fear and loathing has doomed humanity to millenia of ignorance and suffering. We The Astronomers must fight Moron’s before his dominion over the people of the earth is complete , before believing becomes compulsoy once more, before this brief window of light is snuffed out and the tyrrany of dogma returns, before Morons, in the senseless quest for wealth, destroy more of earth and its life. We are all born morons but By ridding ourselves of ignorance we are saved from stupidity and dumbness. So it is for the world armed with knowledge, spreading the facts, shining the light of enquiry , we Fight to save the earth and its people from Moron , for we are their salvation , we the Astronomers must bring the miracle of facts,the joy of knowing to the people, gently washing moron from their minds, illuminating the darkest corners of dumb, lighting up a world of mumbo jumbo with the awe and wonder of Universe, adding to our order the minds of all humans till we rid the world of ignorance and Moron is defeated. Join the astronomers and follow in the footsteps of some really smart people, for every human on the eternal road of infinite study is one less followers of the dark forces of Moron. Spacetime

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