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ManusJustus said:

My theory:

All forces (weak, strong, electomagnetism) except gravity have a attractive and repulsive force based on distance. Its hard to push two atomic nuclei together, but get them close enough and all the sudden they are very hard to pull apart.

What if gravity is a repulsive force at a certain distance? Makes sense considering that all other forces do, and it certainly makes more sense than dark energy and living in a bubble.

 

Actually the nuclei are hard to push together due to electromagnetic force (as in normal matter nuclei are always positive) and hard to pull apart due to the weak nuclear force which only has any effect at tiny tiny distance yet at those tiny distances is far more powerful than the repulsive force.

@Tarheel. Because mass warps space-time an area of the universe with less mass will have a different effect on space-time. As light is effected by space time it could screw our measurements (which are based on the assumption that space-time is fairly well constant) up.



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I heard of this theory a while ago.. its odd but interesting to think about.

I just want LHC to discover something important.



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ssj12 said:
I heard of this theory a while ago.. its odd but interesting to think about.

I just want LHC to discover something important.

 

Like whether Half-Life can actually happen in real life.



ssj12 said:
I heard of this theory a while ago.. its odd but interesting to think about.

 

At first the theory sounded strange to me.  But the other explanation for our observations is "dark energy," for which we have no explanation or evidence other than the apparent acceleration of the universe.

Dark energy only makes sense because we had no other explanation for several years.  I think this theory is just as plausible as anything else.



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Rath said:
ssj12 said:
I heard of this theory a while ago.. its odd but interesting to think about.

I just want LHC to discover something important.

 

Like whether Half-Life can actually happen in real life.

 

Should I start investing in crowbar stock? In these times seems like this would be a good indicator!



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ooh. something new I haven't heard about about space. When I read about space for a long time, I get lost in my mind thinking too far out



                       

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vlad321 said:
Rath said:
ssj12 said:
I heard of this theory a while ago.. its odd but interesting to think about.

I just want LHC to discover something important.

 

Like whether Half-Life can actually happen in real life.

 

Should I start investing in crowbar stock? In these times seems like this would be a good indicator!

 

ill get to work on the shotguns... sigh... lol



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ssj12 said:
vlad321 said:
Rath said:
ssj12 said:
I heard of this theory a while ago.. its odd but interesting to think about.

I just want LHC to discover something important.

 

Like whether Half-Life can actually happen in real life.

 

Should I start investing in crowbar stock? In these times seems like this would be a good indicator!

 

ill get to work on the shotguns... sigh... lol

 

Alright awesome, now we just need someone to start working on resistance hideouts for when the Combine take over in a few years.



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HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

Of the four fundamental forces, strong force, weak force, and electromagnetic force are attractive and repulsive.  Gravity is only attractive, or so we think, as it is very difficult to measure the effect of gravity over long distances.