Comments on: Science Saturday: Lost World, Flat Bulb, Space Inventor & Geoscience FTW

By: Navarro

Navarro — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:44:01 +0000

I’m pretty sure that Google Holodeck thing was just an April Fools Day thing.
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By: Hat Rick

Hat Rick — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:21:16 +0000

Well, if there IS only the Google and nothing else, then that makes my Monday easier. No need to get up to go to work — the Google will do what is needed. (”The Apple” (TOS) meets the Matrix.)

On whether Earth could be inhabited — good point. It wouldn’t be for millions of years, but then again, who knows how long the Theians could have lived or waited? Perhaps they were in hibernation, as well, in massive sleeper ships (a la Khan).

On whether Mars could be Theia — it’s possible, if you believe Velikovsky-type theories (and who among us doesn’t? .. ahem..) — that there’s some sort of weird undiscovered planet out there that could have perturbed Mars’ orbit and moved it away from its original orbit after having hit the Earth. (Leave aside the identification of Velikovsky’s actual theories relating to Venus.) Call it a mysterious “Planet X” far beyond the orbit of Pluto.

Or, perhaps, the lifeboat-asteroid of Theians are hidden among the asteroids, waiting to be discovered (”For the World is Hollow…” (TOS)).

(An aside: It’s almost scary, isn’t it, how much we think like Trek episodes….)

By: I am not Herbert

I am not Herbert — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:20:25 +0000

Gigastazio: “If it’s flat, it’s not technically a ‘bulb’ though, is it?”

*SIGH* God, I love semantics…

By: I am not Herbert

I am not Herbert — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:14:08 +0000

Relax, Cupcake…: “a theory of mine: WHAT IF MARS IS THEIA?”

I like the way you think, but doesn’t really work: Mars orbit is too far away; any remnants of the impact should be roughly in the same orbit as Earth, I would think.

By: Relax, Cupcake...

Relax, Cupcake... — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:41:18 +0000

#11—yup:) and at that point the Google-plex (xD) will begin assimilating us, thus creating the Borg Collective LOL

By: Relax, Cupcake...

Relax, Cupcake... — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:39:06 +0000

#7–you got it wrong: that idea came from The X Files….except they used Mars…which brings to mind a theory of mine: WHAT IF MARS IS THEIA? think about it…Mars is significantly smaller than Earth, but enough so the remaining mass that would account for the size differential is roughly equal to the moon’s size with the leftover elements from what hit proto-Theia most likely making up the asteroid belt…additionally if Theia was an Earthlike planet, Mars being the bulk of its remnants would explain why Mars has seeming hints at it having been Earthlike at one time in history…so, #17, if Mars IS Theia, in a way both you AND Hat Rick could be right…LMAO

By: Gigastazio

Gigastazio — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:01:23 +0000

If it’s flat, it’s not technically a ‘bulb’ though, is it?

By: I am not Herbert

I am not Herbert — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:54:12 +0000

Hat Rick: “Who knows? Ancient astronauts from Theia, having escaped the destruction of their planet via a form of lifeboat, might have decided to land on Earth, thereby colonizing it. In other words, WE might actually be Theians. Sounds almost Trekkian. Or Galactican.”

Nice theory, but the Earth was uninhabitable for QUITE SOME TIME after the collision.

A more plausible version is that we are Martian descendants. In fact our sleep cycle reverts to that of the day/night cycle of Mars if we are isolated from the normal day/night cycle of the Earth. 22 hours IIRC.

By: SciFiGeek

SciFiGeek — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:29:47 +0000

Anthony,

Is your review of the movie going to be up today? I really need to know your opinion.

By: spockatatic

spockatatic — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:43:18 +0000

this stuff is amazing. I love science. I’m a stupid idiotic teenager who also happens to a total science NERD. Someday I swear I will be in space….