***Warning: Do not read this if you have anything against learning things outside of the classroom.***
This may not be anything new to you Zharticans, but I learned that absolute zero does NOT mean total lack of movement at the atomic level. I tried to question the prof about it afterwards, and he just gave me something about a ground level energy state that all atoms/molecules have to maintain. This seems incredibly obvious now that he says it, so I had to give myself a hearty slap on the forehead.
On a more revolutionary front, I was skimming a book by Stephen Hawking in Waldenbooks yesterday and I came across something even more interesting: while parallel universes are things of science fiction and science fiction only, similar universes exist...somewhere. Things got technical beyond my ability to grasp in a simple skimming, but the way I understood it, there's a LOT of other J. A. Holewczynski's out there, which rocks me in this world, if not all of the others. He appeared to be saying that there is a universe for every possible outcome of every possible "choice." For instance, there's a universe where the earth never formed. There is a universe where Napoleon became unchallenged Emperor of Europe. So on, so on, and so on. Do these universes ever cross? Yes. Where? Where time stands still. That's almost interesting enough to make me consider theoretical physics as a profession...
***End of Warning***
In other news, Tim and I have decided that we are in some way directly related to the Ping Pong Gods. We're just too good to have no connection. It would also appear that The Seasons Lodge in Nashville, IN is some nexus of Ping Pong Power.
If my memory serves me correctly, I believe some fellow AP English students read Oedipus Rex as one of their monthly requirements. Does anyone know how he finally dies? We just had to read the first part of the three, and at that point he's only getting the boot from his city. It's not a test question or anything; I'm just curious.
This may not be anything new to you Zharticans, but I learned that absolute zero does NOT mean total lack of movement at the atomic level. I tried to question the prof about it afterwards, and he just gave me something about a ground level energy state that all atoms/molecules have to maintain. This seems incredibly obvious now that he says it, so I had to give myself a hearty slap on the forehead.
On a more revolutionary front, I was skimming a book by Stephen Hawking in Waldenbooks yesterday and I came across something even more interesting: while parallel universes are things of science fiction and science fiction only, similar universes exist...somewhere. Things got technical beyond my ability to grasp in a simple skimming, but the way I understood it, there's a LOT of other J. A. Holewczynski's out there, which rocks me in this world, if not all of the others. He appeared to be saying that there is a universe for every possible outcome of every possible "choice." For instance, there's a universe where the earth never formed. There is a universe where Napoleon became unchallenged Emperor of Europe. So on, so on, and so on. Do these universes ever cross? Yes. Where? Where time stands still. That's almost interesting enough to make me consider theoretical physics as a profession...
***End of Warning***
In other news, Tim and I have decided that we are in some way directly related to the Ping Pong Gods. We're just too good to have no connection. It would also appear that The Seasons Lodge in Nashville, IN is some nexus of Ping Pong Power.
If my memory serves me correctly, I believe some fellow AP English students read Oedipus Rex as one of their monthly requirements. Does anyone know how he finally dies? We just had to read the first part of the three, and at that point he's only getting the boot from his city. It's not a test question or anything; I'm just curious.
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