(November 20, 2016 at 3:25 pm)Alex K Wrote: With the dark energy, the problem isn't so much that they can't find it - there is a free parameter in Einstein's field equation, the cosmo. constant, which regulates dark energy. So from a theoretician's perspective, the mere existence of DE isn't so surprising, nor necessarily demanding an explanation. The trouble is rather that all the virtual particles and the higgs field on paper contribute such a ridiculous amout of dark energy that the actual puzzle is - why is there so little of it! On paper, you need to set the cosmo constant to 120 digits precision to cancel the dark energy coming from all the virtual particles down to the observed value. That seems strange, and that's the open question - is that an artifact of the way we formulate our theory, is it a sign that we don't understand quantum gravity, is it an anthropic tuning, or is it just that way and there's no explanation?"is it an anthropic tuning, or is it just that way and there's no explanation? " = God did it. But we won't go there. Oh hell to the no.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
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I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
