Mike Smith Cosmos Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Our refuse nowerdays is full of plastic bags, and plastic containers of a whole range of shapes . Is this indicative that we have touched a very fundamental principle of nature ? Is CONTAINING a scientific principle that is indespensible for :- ......... LIFE ....THE UNIVERSE ..... and .....EVERYTHING . . ? ....... Mike Edited April 17, 2017 by Mike Smith Cosmos
Strange Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 Most things in the universe are not in containers. The Sun is not in a container. Neither are any other stars (that we know of). The Earth is not in a container (not any other planets. The solar system is cont in a container. The galaxy is not in a container. Galaxy clusters are not in a container. The gas in between is not in a container. But feel free to redefine "container" so that you are right ... 1
Mike Smith Cosmos Posted April 17, 2017 Author Posted April 17, 2017 Most things in the universe are not in containers. The Sun is not in a container. Neither are any other stars (that we know of). The Earth is not in a container (not any other planets. The solar system is cont in a container. The galaxy is not in a container. Galaxy clusters are not in a container. The gas in between is not in a container. But feel free to redefine "container" so that you are right ... I was only using the illustration of a ' Plastic Bag ' as exactly that ( an illustration of containment ) . In the big wide universe , Containment appears to use other mechanisms to achieve containment . Namely Forces amongst other things . The atom contains the electrons in orbit by the electric forces . The earth contains the atmosphere and everything else by gravitational forces . The sun contains the planets by Gravity . As does much else in the galaxy, other galaxies and the universe as a whole . Other forces may take part in containment of the universe like Dark Energy and Dark Matter ( yet to be proven ) . We could look deeper into the particles themselves and find magnetic forces, gravitons, weak forces , and strong forces all having some influential role in containment of particles themselves from the quark arena . All in all the universe itself in one HUGE containment exercise surely ? If this is a correct principle ' CONTAINMENT ' ? Perhaps there should be ' a science of containment ' ? Mike
swansont Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 Is CONTAINING a scientific principle that is indespensible for :- ......... LIFE ....THE UNIVERSE ..... and .....EVERYTHING . . ? ....... ! Moderator Note We've been down this path before, with various concepts that are allegedly the key to the universe. They never turn into science discussions. This one is going to be contained. 3
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