Archive for May 14th, 2006
May 14th, 2006 | 
Author: They the universe is expanding continually.
That’s what all those geniuses say.
So if you think about it, everything in the universe must be expanding along with it.
Therefore we must be expanding too, at the exact same rate.
That’s what this hippy-pseudo-genius says.
Why don’t we notice this expansion?
Simple.
We don’t notice as we expand because the implements that we use to measure these things are expanding right along with us. But because of scale and proportion, we seem the same size all the time.
So if you used a tape measure to see how tall you were and you were 6 foot and the universe expanded by 10 feet overnight, you wouldn’t be 16 feet tall the next day. That would just be crazy!
No, what happens is that you and the tape measure both expand at the exact same proportions, so when you measure yourself, it still comes up to the same old six.
But what if we really are expanding? I believe we are, all the time, just like the universe.
Can I have my Nobel Prize for scientific innovation now please? You can just post it to me, I don’t want to go to Oslo or Stockholm; I’ll make my acceptance speech by shouting loudly out the window of my north London lair. My neighbours are used to it, but you can come along and listen if you want.
Am I doing your head in? Have I cracked your nut?
I’ve been awake for nearly 25 hours and I’m very high right now. What’s your excuse?
I’m going to go to sleep soon. I need sleep. Sleep is good.
I never dream. I do more than enough of that when I’m awake.