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Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant structures
- ncmncm 7y agoThe argument against Plasma Universe was always that if heat and gravitation sufficed to model observations, Occam's Razor says the plasma could be taken to "not do anything" coherent. But aligned axes was a key prediction of PU. PU had its own suggestions for galaxy rotation curves that didn't need dark matter or modified gravity. What do these new observations offer to plasma astrophysics?
- pizzazzaro 7y agoI think it would be fun to find a mathematical way to describe the shape of the known universe. There's borders, zones, arms, as if connected by fibrous tissue that our current understanding of gravity alone cannot explain. I want to read about a fractal generating function (and the initial conditions) which describe this shape. Of course there's room for statistical variation within each populated zone... But the general shape should hold true. And I know we'll be able to model this in the near future. Who knows - known universal constants might pop up in new places. Then we can look for analogous examples, smaller scope, which share similarities - this would a wildly fun exercise. The kinds of systems we find analog to it? Will allow us to reason by analogy. This is what quantum computers should be for.