[MD] the universe is flat

[John Carl]

Ok I lied.  This is really the last one.  But it's a goodier goodie and I
really couldn't resist.

"The new results are either telling us that all of science is wrong and
we're the center of the universe, or maybe the data is simply incorrect, or
maybe it's telling us there's something weird about the microwave background
results and that maybe, maybe there's something wrong with our theories on
the larger scales. And of course as a theorist I'm certainly hoping it's the
latter, because I want theory to be wrong, not right, because if it's wrong
there's still work left for the rest of us."

What I like most about this, is the statement:  "Maybe our science is wrong
and we really are the center of the universe."

The death knell of SOM, my friends, the death knell of SOM.

John




On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:32 PM, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok. last one.  But its a goodie...
>
> "we live in one universe, so we're a sample of one. With a sample of one,
> you have what is called a large sample variance. And maybe this just means
> we're lucky, that we just happen to live in a universe where the number's
> smaller than you'd predict. But when you look at CMB map, you also see that
> the structure that is observed, is in fact, in a weird way, correlated with
> the plane of the earth around the sun. Is this Copernicus coming back to
> haunt us? That's crazy. We're looking out at the whole universe. There's no
> way there should be a correlation of structure with our motion of the earth
> around the sun — the plane of the earth around the sun — the ecliptic. That
> would say we are truly the center of the universe."
>
> And John says, score a point for biocentrism.  I hope you guys read this.
> Fascinating stuff.
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