On Oct 7, 2:08 am, PD <thedraperfam...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/6/2011 12:15 AM, Jim Greenfield wrote: > > > > > On TV last night, Brian Schmidt, recent Physics Nobel winner, was > > waffling about > > the "surprising" discovery that the universal expansion was > > accellerating. > > "This will continue ALMOST to INFINITY" (not exact quote, but that > > was clearly meant) > > Thankfully someone called "time" on the interview, before he caused me > > a major hernia > > by ROFLOL > > Has the moron ever heard the term "oxymoron"? > > Thus highlighting the danger of putting too much credence on any > material offered to appeal to laypeople. Such as TV.
What it really highlights, is that the Einsteinatasi, being so bedazzled by their own brilliance in being able to "see" what the laitee cannot, fail to realise their own cognostic myopia. Funny how you say "ask the expert"; now it's "Don't believe what the professor says" Prof Bunny also mentioned 100by before this "almost to infinity". There you have it: Infinity = 100by + x (a small amount) If you disagree with this figure, go argue with the nobel