Hello, it’s Wolfgang von Greenygrey here. I was feeling down recently, with things not going well in the Greenygrey world, but then I read Marc Latham’s ant theory article on Existential, and it gave me renewed hope that the Grand Council can be controlled, because it made me believe that they may not be the architects of reality after all.
On Tuesday night the BBC’s Horizon provided the latest research on Black Holes, and how they are thought to provide possible answers to the start of the universe. This blog discusses what we can extrapolate from this programme.
Einstein’s Work Questioned
The programme showed how Black Hole researchers think that the discovery of Black Holes in space call into question Einstein’s theory of relativity, which has been the accepted theory for a century.
At the moment there is a void within Black Holes knowledge that scientists cannot work out; although they have been theorised about for a long time, evidence of them is still very recent.
Theory breaks down somewhere between Einstein’s theory of relativity and the quantum mechanics used to study atoms: this place beyond current human knowledge is known as singularity (thoughts turn to Folding Mirrors!)
Socrates Still Top Dog Philosopher
2500 years after Socrates declared that the wisest are those who admit they know very little the programme ended with the admission that people don’t know what’s out there, they may give you an answer but they’d probably be wrong.
This admission showed wisdom and courage. For scientists to admit they don’t know, and to have overturned the accepted knowledge to study something so elusive and miniscule in the big scheme of things is brilliant.
Does God Live in Black Holes?
Of course, scientists admitting they don’t know everything about time and space leaves the door open for God. Maybe the monotheistic God is living beyond our knowledge in Black Holes? But no religious documents mention Black Holes as far as I know.
As Galileo provided the correct Earth/Sun relationship, it is scientists and astronomers rather than the dominant monotheist religions that are informing us about our universe.
In five or fifty years we will probably know more about Black Holes and our universe, and the dominant monotheistic religions will again have to adopt their thinking to the evolution of science.
Whos_Afraid_of_a_Big_Black_Hole/ is available to watch until November 28, 2009.
