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(Quanta Magazine)   Sorry Einstein, God does appear to play dice with the universe. He uses 4-sided dice, and they're loaded   (quantamagazine.org) divider line
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    More: Interesting, Universe, General relativity, Galaxy, Gravitation, Big Bang, Left-handedness, Dark matter, Cosmic microwave background radiation  
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MusicMakeMyHeadPound [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-07 1:42:35 PM  
4-sided dice, eh?

So it really was a Wizard who did it!
 
no1curr [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 1:56:09 PM  
A god sharted
Then a universe was started
 
Ambitwistor
2022-12-07 2:08:12 PM  
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Marcus Aurelius [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-07 2:09:56 PM  
Our side of the universe is left handed.  It's nothing to be ashamed of.
 
toetag
2022-12-07 2:14:54 PM  
So Sheldon and Amy were right?

/no idea what the plot actually was, just noticed "asymmetry"
 
Concrete Donkey
2022-12-07 2:30:01 PM  
Riiiiiiiight. This totally is NOT a case of humans seeing shapes where none exist. Nope. Not at all.


And there is a really, REALLY good reason why they just happened to connect in such a way which will be explained right after this SMOKEBOMB
 
Quantumbunny
2022-12-07 2:44:20 PM  
I'm kind of amazed we think we have enough data on A MILLION galaxies to play connect the dots with them in groups of 4 and proclaim anything.

Seems like there's a lot of ways to bunch things up, and then having confidence that this way is meaningful... And the data behind that... is incredible.
 
Explodo
2022-12-07 2:55:22 PM  
Maybe our observable universe just orbits in a larger structure and the direction of travel relative to that larger structure leads to the apparent asymmetry.

Or maybe they didn't do it right.

As a math/CS guy, if you need me to do analysis on a million points that contain distances, I could come up with all sorts of answers in short order.  Throw statistics at it, and you can get answers, but maybe not right ones.
 
buravirgil
2022-12-07 3:17:07 PM  
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Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man...
 
King Something [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 3:18:57 PM  
You gently caress the Devil's shoulders. He is uncomfortable.
 
mcreadyblue
2022-12-07 3:21:14 PM  
FYI - Chien-Shiung Wu whose experiments all started this was denied a Nobel prize, while her male colleagues got one.
 
skyotter
2022-12-07 3:22:40 PM  
I'm giving these out for CRITmas.  This thread seemed like a good place to share.
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McGrits [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 3:33:31 PM  

Explodo: Maybe our observable universe just orbits in a larger structure and the direction of travel relative to that larger structure leads to the apparent asymmetry.

Or maybe they didn't do it right.

As a math/CS guy, if you need me to do analysis on a million points that contain distances, I could come up with all sorts of answers in short order.  Throw statistics at it, and you can get answers, but maybe not right ones.


You are giving me bubble sort flashbacks!
 
Nimbull
2022-12-07 3:59:26 PM  
Praying Dude: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.

God: Roll Wisdom check first while I check something... *Rolls 4D4*

Praying Dude : *Rolls 1D20* Ummm.... 1... is that good?

God: He he he... yeah... *Rolls 20D4* ... While trying to cross the street for the sale at the pastry stand you get hit by Truck-Kun and Isakied in to a new life as an enchanted cucumber on the world of Blue Oysteria.

Music: Dun dun dun dun da dunnnn!
 
GrogSmash2
2022-12-07 5:47:07 PM  

McGrits: Explodo: Maybe our observable universe just orbits in a larger structure and the direction of travel relative to that larger structure leads to the apparent asymmetry.

Or maybe they didn't do it right.

As a math/CS guy, if you need me to do analysis on a million points that contain distances, I could come up with all sorts of answers in short order.  Throw statistics at it, and you can get answers, but maybe not right ones.

You are giving me bubble sort flashbacks!


The only bubblesort flashback I have is digging into a chunk of code to figure out WTF was causing a slowdown... and discovering that monstrity at it's heart.  "Easy to code" is it's only feature.
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2022-12-07 5:59:51 PM  
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rnatalie [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-08 12:32:36 PM  
Just like with geese in a V.    More galaxies on that side.
 
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