Through the wormhole - new Discovery Science Channel series

[hellaflush]

http://science.discovery.com/tv/through-the-wormhole/

Hosted by Morgan Freeman... First ep airs this Friday 2030 CST

[Suzy]

You beat me to this, I just came on here to post it. :lol:
Morgan Freeman's narration should sound really good. :D Thanks for posting Adam. :thumbsup:

[hellaflush]

If you have seen Cosmic Voyage narrated by Morgs... well you know he is good at what he does... his voice just puts you to sleep (in a good way! nice and relaxing!)

[CraigS]

He was a perfect voice for "March of the Penguins".

I thought he was outstanding as 'the Prez' in "Deep Impact".

Just had a quick squizz at the Discovery "Wormhole" episode. Looks promising.

Look forward to you thoughts after you've seen it, Adam !

Cheers

[Suzy]

Sam Neil's space docos (forget name of series) is the one that managed to put all three of us to sleep :zzz2::zzz2::zzz2: every single week! :lol:

[CraigS]

I think I watched the BBC Space (http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/219906) one, narrated by Sam, .. all of about once !!

The visual effects were good, but the hype about 'threats' drove me nuts !

I should've asked for my money back on this one.

Pity .. I've seen Sam in a few good movies .. he was a baddie in that women's movie … what was it called .. oh yeah … "The Piano (http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/809267)".
"The Hunt for Red October" … now that was a better style. Sam was a hero in that one .. next to the almighty Sean Connery.

Cheers

[renormalised]

Craig...you missed Event Horizon:):P

Good movie:)

I have Sam's space doco's on DVD:)

[Omaroo]

I reckon that the first episode was very well done. Freeman is great narrator. M-theory is a bit of a headful, but sounds interesting:) I'm now very keen to see the rest.

[renormalised]

The hardest part of the theory is the maths...the theory itself isn't all that difficult to understand, just the specific "mechanics" is rather involved:)

[Omaroo]

You think? :lol:

Seriously - as a concept it's no more bizarre than any other. I've always thought in my mind that the big bang could have been a "bounce back" from an earlier universe collapsing. I'm not trained in this field so it's very difficult for me to postulate with any real sense of direction. It's all interesting to hear about though.

[renormalised]

Yep:)

There's some bizarre stuff floating around in the world of astrophysics and cosmology:)

If you think of a "bang" as when two branes touch (collide) then that's the easiest way of visualising it.

[Omaroo]

As long as they don't touch again any time soon. I'd still like to get an observatory set up in Cooma one day.

[renormalised]

Yeah, if that happens, we're toast....instantly!!!!.

Although, being 11 dimensional objects, if the geometry of the encounter is right, they could pass through one another without even touching at all:)

[Omaroo]

Obvious really. We'd just better hope for optimal conditions. :thumbsup:

[renormalised]

I wouldn't like to put a bet on it:P

You wouldn't know it happened though....one minute your typing away on your keyboard, next minute....nothing:)

Once they collided, the physical laws in each universe/brane would go right out the door.

[renormalised]

Well, time for me to go find a "sleepy wormhole" and drift off into 11 dimensional slumber:):P

[CraigS]

Hi Chris;

Good to see you & 'round these parts. I'm an enthusiast of your work and I appreciate your expertise.

Your Avatar is truly scary, though …. (a bit intimidating ..)
:)

Cheers & Rgds

[Omaroo]

LOL! Thanks Craig :)

New theories are the result of mankind's inability to remain satisfied with what has thus far remained unproven. Just because individuals like myself probably won't ever be a position to postulate new theorems ourselves, I'd hope that we remain open to those that don't necessarily ring true with what we do understand. I admire people like Darwin, for instance, in stepping so far outside of their comfort zone to chase down ideas borne of brilliance.

My avatar is just me in that other universe. It's what I think I'd look like in our adjacent brane. :lol:

[CraigS]

… or StarWars: The Phantom Menace …. (without the red & black stripes) :)

Great photo, though.

:)

Cheers

[hellaflush]

One thing regarding M theory though... if it is the true explanation... it just then further pushes the main question away... "How did our universe begin?" now turns into "How did all of the Inter-dimensional universes begin?"

[CraigS]

G'Day Adam;

Nice to meet you.

As I understand it, M-theory historically united the five different competing String Theories by demonstrating that they were all just different perspectives based on the same principles. This was accomplished by increasing the numbers of possible dimensions by one and introducing the concept of 'membranes' which can have multiple dimensions, although the membranes are an optional way to think about things in the M-Theory world.

There is no need to search for the 'true explanations' in all of this.

Most 'theories' are based on 'best fit' with observable phenomena (when compared with other theories), although the concepts we hear about are derived from quantum level theory, described in mathematical language. Mainstream theories usually explain the available evidence and make some observable, and not-yet-observable predictions (due to technology limitations).

String, Superstring and M-theory however, have issues as to whether they can ever be falsified or not, and therefore there is debate as to whether they are scientific theories or philosophies.

There doesn't have to be any 'truth' in any of this … even though that is very often, the way it is presented.

Some theorists work on extending thinking before the Big Bang but these ideas are still highly speculative.

No one can be 'right' when giving answers to your questions.

I'm afraid we simply have to live with not knowing the answers.

This is my best shot at answering a tricky question (I'm no expert) … good to keep thinking about it .. always good to ask good questions.

Cheers & Rgds