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This article presupposes that Proxima Centauri is not, in fact, made of chorizo. Whereas we have long known that the moon is made of cheese. I think Klein is
by Perceval 4y ago
This article presupposes that Proxima Centauri is not, in fact, made of chorizo. Whereas we have long known that the moon is made of cheese. I think Klein is floating a test balloon to gauge the public's willingness to consume the 'celestial charcuterie' theory of the heavens.
- eevilspock 4y agoA branch of that theory posits that black holes are higher dimensional beings that happen to like the taste of this universe. Also that entropy proves expiration dates are misleading; shelf life is not a cliff but a monotonically decreasing value.
- benj111 4y agoAlso that the universe is a U shaped cylinder. I believe string theory deals with what happens at either end
- jstanley 4y ago> This article presupposes that Proxima Centauri is not, in fact, made of chorizo. I don't think it does. It can both be true that Proxima Centauri is made of Chorizo and that the French Scientist tweeted a picture of some Chorizo that was not Proxima Centauri.
- ithkuil 4y agoAlso, it could be made of chorizo but not sliced and facing normal to our line if sight. And where does the light that shines on Proxima Chorisii come from?
- wiz21c 4y agoI think I heard you can have many questions answered if you happen to meet the flying spaghetti monster.
- peteradio 4y ago> And where does the light that shines on Proxima Chorisii come from? Some suppose it is the faint light emitted by alien bacteria as the rotten portions are consumed and replaced by subnuclear paprika condensates.
- hedora 4y agoAhh, but you are forgetting the Spanish Highlander conjecture.
- benj111 4y agoIs that related to the Connery constant?
- karaterobot 4y ago> “According to contemporary cosmology, no object belonging to Spanish charcuterie exists anywhere but on Earth,” he said after apologising for tricking so many people.
- coldtea 4y ago>It can both be true that Proxima Centauri is made of Chorizo and that the French Scientist tweeted a picture of some Chorizo that was not Proxima Centauri. Things get less clear-cut if we consider the "one electron universe" theory... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe
- sbf501 4y ago> clear-cut booooo....
- heywoodlh 4y agoIt would be a lot of fun if someone competent with physics explained how celestial bodies would behave if they were made of meat. That'd be a fun Youtube video imo.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI think that if there were a ball of meat the size of a star, it would collapse into an actual star, although smaller and more dense. I would really be interested to know what Steller atomic composition most closely matches that of a sausage.
- Someone 4y agoMaybe not that much smaller? The density of meat is close to 1gm/cm³, that of the sun about 1.41gm/cm³, but the sun is relatively small for a star and larger stars are less dense. I’m neither an astrophysicist nor a food expert, but sausages have lots of carbon and contain a reasonable amount of water and thus, oxygen, so I don’t see young stars match them chemically. Maybe, some really old ones will, fairly short befor they run out of stuff to fuse. If you limit things to a star’s atmosphere, you may have better luck (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_star)
- coldcode 4y agoWith the pressure coming from the inside of the star from burning fuel, I think this meat-star would implode since it is just meat. Unless of course sausages under pressure emit energy. How much sausage would it take to start a thermonuclear process?
- ReptileMan 4y agoDepends. If it is proper spicy - think Balkans, Mexico or Thailand... probably less than you think.
- kadoban 4y ago
- dr_orpheus 4y ago> willingness to consume the 'celestial charcuterie' theory After the theory, next step is an interstellar mission to literally consume the celestial charcuterie.
- Erwin 4y agoSpeaking for the food producers of Earth and the Solar System, I object to calling whatever material this extra-solar planet is made of "chorizo". If some expedition were to be made to this planet and return a thousand years later with a 10,000 km long sausage (nicely preserved due to the vacuum I suppose), it should not be be able to confuse the consumers by selling it under a brand name connected with Earth sausages, regardless of how tasty it might be. That would just play right into the hands of whatever corporation was able to furnish the first expedition to leave the solar system.
- alfiedotwtf 4y ago> I object to calling whatever material this extra-solar planet is made of "chorizo" Fine... we'll call it Sparkling Pork Sausage.
- rrauenza 4y agoI've always subscribed to the theory that galaxies are actually big pans of paella. Dark matter is simply the saffron, both rare and mysterious.