OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today

by **DWags** 2016-02-11, 07:03

Tell me why this is important and explain it to me like the idiot I am.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/10/10958154/einstein-gravitational-waves-ligo-discovery-announcement-live-stream

by **Turtleneck** 2016-02-11, 07:11

How do magnets work?

by **Giant Moose** 2016-02-11, 07:40

Turtleneck wrote:How do magnets work?

It's either God or the devil's work.

by **CORNER BLITZ** 2016-02-11, 09:06

Another good article

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/12150944/Gravitational-waves-Einstein-was-right-and-this-announcement-is-the-scientific-highlight-of-the-decade.html

by **NigelUno** 2016-02-11, 09:59

DWags wrote:Tell me why this is important and explain it to me like the idiot I am.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/10/10958154/einstein-gravitational-waves-ligo-discovery-announcement-live-stream

Home board.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-02-11, 10:00

it means that the more you weigh, the harder you are to kidnap.

Sincerely,

tRCMB tailgate brigade

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-02-11, 10:22

Pretty sure they're gonna create a black hole when they turn this thing on. Nice knowing you dudes.

by **Cym Jim** 2016-02-11, 10:39

by **tGreenWay** 2016-02-11, 10:44

Fred Sanford found the Ripple back in the 70's.

by **tGreenWay** 2016-02-11, 10:46

Done. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?_r=1&referer=https://www.google.com/

by **Giant Moose** 2016-02-11, 11:19

So now that they've proven Einstein is right, who is the next dude with a bunch of crazy theories who will be proven right?

by **DWags** 2016-02-11, 11:23

Yeah, I think I might have asked on the wrong website.

by **Giant Moose** 2016-02-11, 11:28

DWags wrote:Yeah, I think I might have asked on the wrong website.

Sorry, I learned all my science from a fat guy in a rat costume. OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today 2599972566

OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today 2599972566

OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today RKOLJhl

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-02-11, 11:29

Giant Moose wrote:So now that they've proven Einstein is right, who is the next dude with a bunch of crazy theories who will be proven right?

I just want my flying car that Back To The Future promised.

by **DWags** 2016-02-11, 11:31

I guess I was curious as to why this even makes a big fucking deal. I mean is it going to help cure cancer? Help us get rid of fossil fuel? Will we be able to transport ourselves to California in seconds if we have the right amount of money? What the fuck will this do for mankind?

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-02-11, 11:40

DWags wrote:I guess I was curious as to why this even makes a big fucking deal. I mean is it going to help cure cancer? Help us get rid of fossil fuel? Will we be able to transport ourselves to California in seconds if we have the right amount of money? What the fuck will this do for mankind?

It's basically another stepping stone in understanding how the universe works. It probably won't benefit us in our lifetime, but being able to harness gravity could lead to limitless energy, a new propulsion system for space travel. We might be able to detect wormholes (if they even exist). Or we might discover who the hell knows what next now that we can detect gravitational waves. The universe is a strange place.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-02-11, 11:42

this is the exact kind of thing you can expect as soon as we removed god from schools.

by **Giant Moose** 2016-02-11, 11:42

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
DWags wrote:I guess I was curious as to why this even makes a big fucking deal. I mean is it going to help cure cancer? Help us get rid of fossil fuel? Will we be able to transport ourselves to California in seconds if we have the right amount of money? What the fuck will this do for mankind?

It's basically another stepping stone in understanding how the universe works. It probably won't benefit us in our lifetime, but being able to harness gravity could lead to limitless energy, a new propulsion system for space travel. We might be able to detect wormholes (if they even exist). Or we might discover who the hell knows what next now that we can detect gravitational waves. The universe is a strange place.

What a waste of money. I could tell you that worm holes exist just by looking in my backyard.

OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today KHDUtrm

OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today KHDUtrm

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2016-02-11, 11:51

NigelUno wrote:
DWags wrote:Tell me why this is important and explain it to me like the idiot I am.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/10/10958154/einstein-gravitational-waves-ligo-discovery-announcement-live-stream

Home board.

What's a home board?

by **I.B. Fine** 2016-02-11, 11:54

How the guy was able to conceptualize all this over 100 years ago is hard to comprehend, not sure I'm able to comprehend it now.
He had to be a real Einstein. OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today 294152859

OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today 294152859

by **Giant Moose** 2016-02-11, 11:56

I.B. Fine wrote:How the guy was able to conceptualize all this over 100 years ago is hard to comprehend, not sure I'm able to comprehend it now.
He had to be a real Einstein.

I sometimes wonder what he would have been like now with all the technology we have. Would it have helped him or would he just play Angry Birds all day and not discover anything?

by **Rocinante** 2016-02-11, 12:06

Sorry, only the free market can innovate. Government is bad. Nothing good ever came out of taxation and government spending.

Signed,

Computers, Internet, microprocessors, mobile phones... etc. etc. etc.

by **AMwood** 2016-02-11, 12:40

for you homos that like this kind of stuff, there is an awesome documentary on netflix called "particle fever" that i know you would enjoy. i know, because i am one of those homos that likes that kind of stuff... and butt play.

by **Rocinante** 2016-02-11, 13:22

AMwood wrote:for you homos that like this kind of stuff, there is an awesome documentary on netflix called "particle fever" that i know you would enjoy. i know, because i am one of those homos that likes that kind of stuff... and butt play.

You prolly like What The #*%$ Do We Know, you gay hippy.

by **AMwood** 2016-02-11, 13:44

Rocinante wrote:
AMwood wrote:for you homos that like this kind of stuff, there is an awesome documentary on netflix called "particle fever" that i know you would enjoy. i know, because i am one of those homos that likes that kind of stuff... and butt play.

You prolly like What The #*%$ Do We Know, you gay hippy.

saw it but for some reason it didn't resonate with me. probably not enough man on man stuff.

by **AMwood** 2016-02-11, 13:47

nevermind

by **Code_Warrior** 2016-02-11, 14:25

DWags wrote:I guess I was curious as to why this even makes a big fucking deal. I mean is it going to help cure cancer? Help us get rid of fossil fuel? Will we be able to transport ourselves to California in seconds if we have the right amount of money? What the fuck will this do for mankind?

If you were living in 1888 when Hienrich Hertz published his findings that experimentally confirmed Maxwell's prediction of the existence of electromagnetic waves in free space, you might have said something similar because at that time there was no way anyone could have envisioned the explosion of wireless communication technology upon which we have become dependent. That technology depends entirely on being able to generate and manipulate electromagnetic waves, something we could not have accomplished without the experiments that proved their existence.

Nobody can predict how the detection of gravitational waves will will impact the future, but it doesn't have to solve the problems of today to be considered a very big deal.

by **MiamiSpartan** 2016-02-11, 14:40

Code_Warrior wrote:
DWags wrote:I guess I was curious as to why this even makes a big fucking deal. I mean is it going to help cure cancer? Help us get rid of fossil fuel? Will we be able to transport ourselves to California in seconds if we have the right amount of money? What the fuck will this do for mankind?
If you were living in 1888 when Hienrich Hertz published his findings that experimentally confirmed Maxwell's prediction of the existence of electromagnetic waves in free space, you might have said something similar because at that time there was no way anyone could have envisioned the explosion of wireless communication technology upon which we have become dependent. That technology depends entirely on being able to generate and manipulate electromagnetic waves, something we could not have accomplished without the experiments that proved their existence.

Nobody can predict how the detection of gravitational waves will will impact the future, but it doesn't have to solve the problems of today to be considered a very big deal.

Yup, the first stage is to be able to capture/measure something that was previously only speculated to exist (even if the speculation was widely accepted). In the short term it helps our understanding of the universe, and could fundamentally alter certain aspects of that understanding as it's studied more. In the longer term, it could lead to great advancements and new technology that we can't even guess at.

by **Cym Jim** 2016-02-11, 14:49

MiamiSpartan wrote:Yup, the first stage is to be able to capture/measure something that was previously only speculated to exist (even if the speculation was widely accepted). In the short term it helps our understanding of the universe, and could fundamentally alter certain aspects of that understanding as it's studied more. In the longer term, it could lead to great advancements and new technology that we can't even guess at.

Indeed. Look at Kinsey for example.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2016-02-11, 14:51

Cym Jim wrote:
MiamiSpartan wrote:Yup, the first stage is to be able to capture/measure something that was previously only speculated to exist (even if the speculation was widely accepted). In the short term it helps our understanding of the universe, and could fundamentally alter certain aspects of that understanding as it's studied more. In the longer term, it could lead to great advancements and new technology that we can't even guess at.

Indeed. Look at Kinsey for example.

Cym can you check your PMs pleaaaaaasse :)

by **CORNER BLITZ** 2016-02-11, 14:55

DWags wrote:I guess I was curious as to why this even makes a big fucking deal. I mean is it going to help cure cancer? Help us get rid of fossil fuel? Will we be able to transport ourselves to California in seconds if we have the right amount of money? What the fuck will this do for mankind?

The theory of relativity is working in your phone. Without it, the gps wouldn't work

by **CORNER BLITZ** 2016-02-11, 15:03

I.B. Fine wrote:How the guy was able to conceptualize all this over 100 years ago is hard to comprehend, not sure I'm able to comprehend it now.
He had to be a real Einstein.

Waves produced during the final fraction of a second of the merger of two black holes 1.3 billion years ago. For a fraction of a second, it was producing 50 times more power than all the suns in the universe combined.

Insane

by **DWags** 2016-02-11, 16:24

Code_Warrior wrote:
DWags wrote:I guess I was curious as to why this even makes a big fucking deal. I mean is it going to help cure cancer? Help us get rid of fossil fuel? Will we be able to transport ourselves to California in seconds if we have the right amount of money? What the fuck will this do for mankind?
If you were living in 1888 when Hienrich Hertz published his findings that experimentally confirmed Maxwell's prediction of the existence of electromagnetic waves in free space, you might have said something similar because at that time there was no way anyone could have envisioned the explosion of wireless communication technology upon which we have become dependent. That technology depends entirely on being able to generate and manipulate electromagnetic waves, something we could not have accomplished without the experiments that proved their existence.

Nobody can predict how the detection of gravitational waves will will impact the future, but it doesn't have to solve the problems of today to be considered a very big deal.

Understood, but to a non science guy trying to get into this cause his kids kind of are, it's a bit of a bummer. I thought it was gonna unlock some kind of time space continuum and I'd be able to go back a watch the Packers beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl as an adult.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-02-11, 16:33

DWags wrote:
Code_Warrior wrote:
If you were living in 1888 when Hienrich Hertz published his findings that experimentally confirmed Maxwell's prediction of the existence of electromagnetic waves in free space, you might have said something similar because at that time there was no way anyone could have envisioned the explosion of wireless communication technology upon which we have become dependent. That technology depends entirely on being able to generate and manipulate electromagnetic waves, something we could not have accomplished without the experiments that proved their existence.

Nobody can predict how the detection of gravitational waves will will impact the future, but it doesn't have to solve the problems of today to be considered a very big deal.

Understood, but to a non science guy trying to get into this cause his kids kind of are, it's a bit of a bummer. I thought it was gonna unlock some kind of time space continuum and I'd be able to go back a watch the Packers beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl as an adult.

If your kids are into astronomy I'd have them watch the new Cosmos series if they haven't watched it yet. It's on Netflix.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey

by **Code_Warrior** 2016-02-11, 17:00

DWags wrote:
Code_Warrior wrote:
If you were living in 1888 when Hienrich Hertz published his findings that experimentally confirmed Maxwell's prediction of the existence of electromagnetic waves in free space, you might have said something similar because at that time there was no way anyone could have envisioned the explosion of wireless communication technology upon which we have become dependent. That technology depends entirely on being able to generate and manipulate electromagnetic waves, something we could not have accomplished without the experiments that proved their existence.

Nobody can predict how the detection of gravitational waves will will impact the future, but it doesn't have to solve the problems of today to be considered a very big deal.

Understood, but to a non science guy trying to get into this cause his kids kind of are, it's a bit of a bummer. I thought it was gonna unlock some kind of time space continuum and I'd be able to go back a watch the Packers beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl as an adult.

For a non-science guy, for the near term future, all it's likely to unlock is a lot of really boring science shit. But if you're lucky, at some point there might be a YouTube video of some physicists getting into a Big Bang Theory Sheldon v. Leonard level slap fight over the implications of this for some of their GUTs (grand unified theories). That's what I'm hoping for. OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today 2599972566

by **Floyd Robertson** 2016-02-11, 17:18

AMwood wrote:for you homos that like this kind of stuff, there is an awesome documentary on netflix called "particle fever" that i know you would enjoy. i know, because i am one of those homos that likes that kind of stuff... and butt play.

OK I stuffed that in my Netflix queue. You better pray I like it.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-02-13, 09:53

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
DWags wrote:

Understood, but to a non science guy trying to get into this cause his kids kind of are, it's a bit of a bummer. I thought it was gonna unlock some kind of time space continuum and I'd be able to go back a watch the Packers beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl as an adult.

If your kids are into astronomy I'd have them watch the new Cosmos series if they haven't watched it yet.

by **SpartanInNH** 2016-02-13, 10:01

Floyd Robertson wrote:
AMwood wrote:for you homos that like this kind of stuff, there is an awesome documentary on netflix called "particle fever" that i know you would enjoy. i know, because i am one of those homos that likes that kind of stuff... and butt play.
OK I stuffed that in my Netflix queue. You better pray I like it.

OK science guys, Einstein's gravitational waves theory about to be proven today 1966794946

It wouldn't be a messageboard without a vague threat of unspecified harm.

Oh, and IB4 Bob says, "God bless you. You are a great American."

by **Floyd Robertson** 2016-02-21, 15:20

Floyd Robertson wrote:
AMwood wrote:for you homos that like this kind of stuff, there is an awesome documentary on netflix called "particle fever" that i know you would enjoy. i know, because i am one of those homos that likes that kind of stuff... and butt play.
OK I stuffed that in my Netflix queue. You better pray I like it.

I don't know about this movie, AM. No hot chicks in the first 30 minutes.

by **CORNER BLITZ** 2016-02-25, 22:15

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