Even though I am not nearly intelligent enough to even begin to understand physics I am fascinated by the implications of what physicists discover. I was reading a book recently; the excellent, The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos, By Brian Green. In it, Brian; a world renowned physicist and professor at Columbia University, describes several different possible universes based on mathematics and recent discoveries.
Some of his conclusions are truly mind-blowing. For instance, imagine that our universe…everything we see, are, and know is stored elsewhere in existence in a massive sphere that surrounds the cosmos. Not only does Brian posit such a mind-blowing scenario but he shows you enough circumstantial evidence to conclude that, yes, it might be possible. I would not recommend reading such a book with a joint in your hand, as your head might explode. What’s even more fascinating is that recent discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland might wipe out everything that we thought we knew about existence.
If you have not heard yet, the Large Hadron Collider is a massive particle accelerator, with a circumference of 17 miles, that smashes the smallest units of matter together at nearly the speed of light…or so we thought. Recently the collider produced data that suggests that neutrinos can move ever so slightly faster than the speed of light. Approximately .0025 times faster to be exact.
If proven true then the discovery will contradict Einstein’s theory of relativity! What are the implications of such a discovery? It will only challenge everything that we know about the observable universe! We will be back to square one. The apple falls when you drop it!
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