[li] Particle physics has an accepted definition for a "discovery": a five-sigma level of certainty[/li]
[li] The number of standard deviations, or sigmas, is a measure of how unlikely it is that an experimental result is simply down to chance rather than a real effect[/li]
[li] Similarly, tossing a coin and getting a number of heads in a row may just be chance, rather than a sign of a "loaded" coin[/li]
[li] The "three sigma" level represents about the same likelihood of tossing more than eight heads in a row[/li]
[li] Five sigma, on the other hand, would correspond to tossing more than 20 in a row[/li]
[li] Unlikely results can occur if several experiments are being carried out at once - equivalent to several people flipping coins at the same time[/li]
[li] With independent confirmation by other experiments, five-sigma findings become accepted discoveries[/li]
http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Hindu_Cosmology.htm
Every concept about the universe be it string or plasma theory is just that , theory . Mankind is incapable of saying that they dont know . Some of the answers lies in the Vedas
[quote author=Kwami link=topic=63995.msg400771#msg400771 date=1330575556] http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Hindu_Cosmology.htm
Every concept about the universe be it string or plasma theory is just that , theory . Mankind is incapable of saying that they dont know . Some of the answers lies in the Vedas
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ok..I dont actually know wat yu talking about when yu say define terms...but I look at life this way.....
everything starts with nature, what exists outside of us, in us...who are as physical beings, matter etc.
in appraoahing it this way we 'discoved' electricity....when the thing existed in the universe, we being made up that way and all...
we have discoverd that all we have done with electricity, all we struglled to find out and use, exactly mimics what the universe had been doing all along.
look any electrical grid anywhere that humans have created and there it is in the universe..naturally. we could not do it if it was not there already, were.nt part of it and so had to do it to meet our own needs.
so we are ignorant and all we must do, use, discover, already exist, always existed. we are in the process of finding out thats all. and we must find out in order to max out chances of survival
and we look at it with great hubris..as if we are doing anything but finding out and trying to use in our efforts to survive.
yu see all the great brains, hawkins and all them chatting all kinds of s***e , celebrated as great brains and all dat.
we worship einstein and look at what Thornhill says of him...he was an idiot and his theories make no sense. and all who follow him end up more confused than ever
the universe is there for us to find out and see if we can suvive in indefinetly.
to accet things that way makes for a whole different and saner appraoah, a simple one indeed...and no worship of the intellect.. which is a tool we must use to effect our survival in simple common sensl..or die in foolishness
