The Big Bang, the Big Chill, the Big Rip and.. dark matter

[link|http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/30/RVGDF6S2DU1.DTL| Robert Anderson] reviews a gaggle of books on WTF might be going on -- including a couple predicting that the rate-of-trashing of This Planet just may be fucking ALARMING.. never mind the Expected MBA pooh poohs and Tree Hugger dissembling phrases which feed the mercantile mindset... Excerpts:

While cosmologists lose sleep pondering the prospect of a Nixonian Final Days, Eschatology 101, those of us awaiting the verdict on cosmic longevity can admire the Big Picture that the state of the art recently unveiled. Thanks to the remarkable Wilkinson MAP satellite we now know that the universe is some 14 billion years old, that it is "flat," that dark matter and dark energy are for real, and that if there is a hand of a creator it belongs to a Jackson Pollack, not the Magisterial One pointing his galvanic finger.

. . .

Marvel too that mature cosmologists write books for those for whom mathematics is the ultimate dark matter. The cosmos these days is red-shifted beyond ordinary comprehension, into the higher mathematics, so the attention span required to bring its workings to light via inspired prose is anything but a fitful lark. The books cited below are remarkable for their lucidity and even stylistic grace. The supernova of Brian Greene ("The Fabric of the Cosmos") aside, these lesser lights command the respect of those who would delve into the Masterpiece without floundering in its tenebrous Abstraction.

. . . [and lugubriously]

All the more reason to worry about the Final Days. Not the Big Rip but the burgeoning rip-off. Ever since the handoff depicted in the Sistine Chapel humankind has stolen a march on the cosmic acceleration. Today the dark energy latent in nuclear terrorism, resource depletion, overpopulation, runaway technology and global warming portends an event horizon that would leave this universe as forlorn as all the rest. Two remarkable books lay out the science of eschatology 101.

Bon appetite science fans; forwarned is ...

simply Frustrating. That's all .. .. when Dunderheads Rulez and HummersCorp plan a huge expansion in sales to the gross, an increasing plurality of bipeds.

Post #160,085 by Ashton 6/16/04 3:15:42 AM Reply	The Big Bang, the Big Chill, the Big Rip and.. dark matter [link\|http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/30/RVGDF6S2DU1.DTL\| Robert Anderson] reviews a gaggle of books on WTF might be going on -- including a couple predicting that the rate-of-trashing of This Planet just may be fucking ALARMING.. never mind the Expected MBA pooh poohs and Tree Hugger dissembling phrases which feed the mercantile mindset... Excerpts: While cosmologists lose sleep pondering the prospect of a Nixonian Final Days, Eschatology 101, those of us awaiting the verdict on cosmic longevity can admire the Big Picture that the state of the art recently unveiled. Thanks to the remarkable Wilkinson MAP satellite we now know that the universe is some 14 billion years old, that it is "flat," that dark matter and dark energy are for real, and that if there is a hand of a creator it belongs to a Jackson Pollack, not the Magisterial One pointing his galvanic finger. . . . Marvel too that mature cosmologists write books for those for whom mathematics is the ultimate dark matter. The cosmos these days is red-shifted beyond ordinary comprehension, into the higher mathematics, so the attention span required to bring its workings to light via inspired prose is anything but a fitful lark. The books cited below are remarkable for their lucidity and even stylistic grace. The supernova of Brian Greene ("The Fabric of the Cosmos") aside, these lesser lights command the respect of those who would delve into the Masterpiece without floundering in its tenebrous Abstraction. . . . [and lugubriously] All the more reason to worry about the Final Days. Not the Big Rip but the burgeoning rip-off. Ever since the handoff depicted in the Sistine Chapel humankind has stolen a march on the cosmic acceleration. Today the dark energy latent in nuclear terrorism, resource depletion, overpopulation, runaway technology and global warming portends an event horizon that would leave this universe as forlorn as all the rest. Two remarkable books lay out the science of eschatology 101. Bon appetite science fans; forwarned is ... simply Frustrating. That's all .. .. when Dunderheads Rulez and HummersCorp plan a huge expansion in sales to the gross, an increasing plurality of bipeds.
Post #160,105 by andread 6/16/04 9:49:24 AM Reply	Re: The Big Bang, the Big Chill, the Big Rip and... we need to hear more about overpopulation it seems that this is the most ignored issue these days A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]
Post #160,131 by ben_tilly 6/16/04 2:14:30 PM Reply	What issue? Population growth is levelling off, and long-term projections have us going into decline by the middle of this century. We have no difficulty in producing enough food for this projected population, the issue is whether it will be distributed fairly. Cheers, Ben To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link\|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20\|Nebraska Supreme Court]
Post #160,264 by andread 6/17/04 3:19:01 PM Reply	we're way overpopulated now Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]
Post #160,265 by pwhysall 6/17/04 3:20:12 PM Reply	Self-correcting... Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #160,271 by ben_tilly 6/17/04 4:12:26 PM Reply	Depends how you define overpopulated We can still produce enough food to feed the world. We have too many for everyone to have a hundred acre yard on prime real estate, and the lifestyle they dream about. Most people's personal definitions fall between those two extremes, and so people can legitimately disagree on how overpopulated we are. Cheers, Ben To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link\|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20\|Nebraska Supreme Court]

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