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Isn't Shannon entropy of one state 0 regardless of what kind of state it is, homogenous or not?

Maybe because Australia had people already. As I remember, the Polynesians and Australians were trading in Australia's NE.

I don't remember the details, and I don't have any preference regarding the hypothesis, but I seem to remember that the people in SE Asia now came there after the previous people living there spread to Polynesia.

There were no ledges.

I don't know about Maoris.

No, it does not. The time dilation and length contraction you mention apply to two inertial frames moving relative to each other. This is not the case in the expanding universe.

As long as quantum gravity is not involved, yes, they are. Yes, GR predicted that the universe is not stable, i.e., either expands or contracts. But what do you mean by

It doesn't matter how they are classified. The point that pertains to this thread is that the number of 'planets' known today is not 9.

I guess somebody needs to say this: Life does not have a purpose.

I'd like to understand this better. For example: How much information is there in the number pi?

AFAIK, this hypothesis has been refuted long time ago. Current understanding is that they came from SE Asia.

Back in the USSR, there were "academic institutions" whose purpose of existence was interpreting old texts and records in a way that proves that everything has been first invented by Russians. They did a good job. People used to say, jokingly, "Russia, the birthplace of elephants..."

That what I've learned from the CalTech course, The Solar System Science. That was about 7 years ago. Also, e.g., in Pluto - Wikipedia: And, e.g., in Kuiper Belt Objects: Facts about the Kuiper Belt & KBOs | Space:

There are other bodies in the Kuiper belt of size and density similar to Pluto. They are as 'planets' as is Pluto.

Maybe they count riverbanks, too (?)

Like any other religion I know, you translate and interpret ancient texts any way you like. BTW, by today's definition of planet in astronomy, there are 8 planets in the Solar system, not 9. And if you count Pluto as a planet, then there are more than 9.

Exactly. Also here: 9 Spheres of Heaven (Dante's Paradiso) - History Lists

Hadi Kharaghani's Homepage (uleth.ca): "At the twilight, a moon appeared in the sky; Then it landed on earth to look at me. Like a hawk stealing a bird at the time of prey; That moon stole me and rushed back into the sky. I looked at myself, I did not see me anymore; For in that moon, my body turned as fine as soul. The nine spheres disappeared in that moon; The ship of my existence drowned in that sea." Rumi's Divan Shams Tabrizi, 649:1-3,5

Where does it say so? I don't know of such a limit. As the answers above indicate, it took a very long time and many different ways. Here is one scheme:

What benefits would it have compared to sending robots?

I think you better apply for a patent now, before it's too late. However, keep it either to "lightyears" or to the "other parts of the solar system" as they are not the same.

I believe that all Rumi writings have been translated to English and perhaps the translations can be found on the Internet. Just give us a name. However, links to the Farsi sources would probably do too, as Google translate works with Persian.

I think that for some of them that understanding included the knowledge of necessity to move on. You are right and as was said above, time and place reference are important.

Not exactly. Both require a source of energy to account for the accelerated expansion, albeit for different reasons.

Yes, but with caveats. Are you familiar with the notion of 'cherry-picking'?