“I know its crazy, but is it crazy enough to be true?”
-Neils Bohr
Read a book by Markus Chown, a compilation of the latest cosmology theories, some I have known for a long time, but this book is one of those rare science books that discuss the implications of a theory without in-depth mathematical analysis, which makes the reading really easy and interesting.
1: Time can flow backwards as well as forwards, and in the same space. That is there can be localized areas existing within out universe where time flows the other way: people become younger, things unbreak and everyone devolves.
2: Parallel universes created whenever a choice is made, understood the real implications of the double split interference experiment I have done so many times.
3: Splitting an electron by splitting an electron bubble within liquid helium in a supercooled state. Basically that there are no ultimate building blocks of matter.
4: That the smallest particles are all time machines, or knots through the time dimension.
5: That there are more than three space dimensions, something upto ten and these cannot be noticed by us because they are extremely tiny – comparable to the Planck length.
6: Black holes – tiny ones, the size of refrigerators taking up most of the volume in space.
7: Mirror worlds existing in unison with ours.
8: Multiple universes created with different mathematical basics. A different GUT for each universe, and a universe based on each mathematical system already existing in our universe.
9: The universe as a creation of ETs/ Angels etc.
10: Extrasolar planets – that the universe is populated with planets not in orbit around any star. And that many of these planets could be populated.
11: The most interesting, and scientifically viable theory here, backed by really really strong evidence. Basically, that the universe was full of space dust – dead bacteria that jump into life whenever they land on a hospitable planet via the agency of a comet or an asteroid. Life could be like a plague, springing up everywhere.
12: In the history of the earth, there is a strong probability that 40,000 chunks of alien garbage would have landed on the earth. Somewhere, in some museum, there could be an unanalyzed piece of equipment – to put matters in perspective, what would a twelfth century fellow do if he came across a usb-drive?
Theories one, two, six and seven try to explain dark matter. All are pretty damn weird, and harder to believe than any of David Icke’s theories, but as Arthur C Clarke put it “The truth will be crazier than we can ever imagine”.
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