RE: Life is at the center of everything
March 11, 2014 at 2:57 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2014 at 2:58 pm by Heywood.)
(March 11, 2014 at 1:16 pm)rasetsu Wrote: If you're going to choose the beginning of the life cycle of a human as a data point, it only makes sense to choose the beginning of the life cycle of the universe as the other data point. It's called being consistent. Instead, you choose an arbitrary time during the life of the universe, and an arbitrary time during the life of a human, and an arbitrary scale to measure it on. Therefore, your result is simply arbitrary; it means nothing because you've chosen the values without rhyme or reason.
A logarithmic scale is the scale of choice by the scientific community when comparing a broad spectrum of sizes. I wouldn't call it an arbitrary choice as you suggest. Default choice of the scientific community would be more appropriate.
If you would like to use the "beginning of the life cycle of the universe" as one end of your scale instead of the planck length you will need to invent a new physics which has more explanatory power than general relativity and quantum mechanics. The planck length is as close to the "beginning of the life cycle of the universe" as we can currently get.
