Who /gravitational waves/ here?

What are they and why does it matter

>>26416850
i dunno, some hippie shit about exploring the universe when all i want is a giant badass zapper.

I hate when there is a big scientific discovery. Physicists are literally incapable of explaining something in laymans terms and its possible real world applications. They just cream themselves like the autists that they are

If it doesn't lead to time travel or contact with aliens then I'm really not interested. If the only benefit is proof that Einstein was right and Physicists can have some jerk off material for the next 50 years who gives a shit?

>>26417004
>Physicists are literally incapable of explaining something in laymans terms and its possible real world applications.

No, journalists are just too stupid to perform proper research and educate themselves enough to explain things to the general public

>>26416838
I wonder if Sheldon will ever mention this on the Big Bang Theory

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>>26417004
I also love how the "science experts" they bring onto news shows says "we discovered", WE, what the fuck did they do?

>>26417083

*AUDIENCE LAUGHS NON-STOP FOR 10 MINUTES*

>>26417004

You are the fucking problem.

>>26417154

Autist fuck

>>26417182

Proving my point further dude

>>26417083
GRAVTINZA

>>26417004
Literally this.

I read a lengthy article about this discovery and spent the whole time wondering how it actually affects me in any way.

>>26417255

I WANT MY SCIENCE TO HAVE IMMEDIATE RESULTS THAT AFFECT ME DIRECTLY. ANYTHING NOT BENEFITING ME IMMEDIATELY SHOULD NOT EXIST.

You have the mind of a child.

>>26417182
haha, how can autism be used as an insult? Only an ignorant cunt would use autism as an insult. (And there's nothing I hate more than ignorance)

Autism is a gift in my case, I have an IQ of over 150 which makes me technically a genius thanks to my autism. I've been going through school all my life being bored out of my fucking brains getting at least 95% on all my tests (and all the incorrect answers were silly mistakes) because I'm just too fucking smart for school I can't wait for everyone else to learn something I already knew within the first day or too of being taught it. Every year I scored the best of my year on these stupid multiple choice tests we do and the headmaster came to my class to tell me that, which obviously resulted in being called a 'nerd' which is true but I shouldn't be ridiculed for it.

I recently became home educated so I could learn at my own pace and I'm getting my GCSEs done in 1/4 of the time everyone else has to do it in, I'm also doing more than double the average amount of GCSEs that usually would be done.

I used to get paid $30 an hour working online, which is more than the teaching assistants at my old school earned, it was so fun pointing that out to them.

So, in conclusion, calling someone autistic is not an insult, in my case, it makes me highly gifted.

One more thing, I don't know if this has anything to do with my autism but I am a sociopath so I'm not hindered by irrational emotions like guilt, compassion, empathy etc.

haha, the most satisfying this is to know that you will all see this as a waste of a natural gift that I am undeserving hahaha, that brings me great satisfaction.

I'm practically perfect, let the jealousy flow through you. sempai

Someone please just give me one fucking example of how this will positively impact the worlds population as a whole?

I don't care how it opens up doors in astronomy or physics. HOW WILL IT AFFECT THE AVERAGE PERSON?

>>26417362

I get it. I didn't laugh, but I got that it was an attempt at a joke.

>>26417362

Good luck with getting laid, bro.

Try not to have a screaming hissy fit next time mommy puts your cheerios back in the cupboard the wrong way around

>>26417362
Yet here you are. Wasting your time laughing at people on a Laotian Shit eating board. But that's good for you I guess.

#einsteinwasright

>>26417381

You really don't deserve to have such an ignorant question answered. The answer requires you to have a very basic understanding of history, science, and human evolution.

Science doesn't pander to what affects the average person. The average person really doesn't deserve to benefit from the spoils of scientific achievement.

You're the modern equivalent of people who thought the sun revolved around the earth.

this is the first step for gravity cheating UFOS omg

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>>26417362
Is this you lmao

No seriously, this is yet again scientists making shit up to pat themselves on the back. First the higgs boson, now gravity waves. They didn't find shit, I guarantee you.

Who cares. Tell me when they discover something that will actually make my life better.

>>26417576
no shit, aliums are real

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>all these people who think all knowledge should have an immediately apparent practical purpose
I bet you think quantum mechanics is useless to understand, yet lasers, LEDs, and even fluorescent tubes work explicitly off this principle. When it was first being studied, no one thought of making practical light sources and fiber optic lines.

I bet you struggle to understand electricity just because you can't see it with the naked eye and believe that high voltage power lines cause cancer

>>26417624

Not at all sire

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>>26417661
> he doesn't like the higgs' bosom

>>26416838
Why do you retards post this here? Most of us arent smart enough to understand it so post it on /sci/.

>>26417004
You sound like you've got a fucking badly packed kebab between your legs

>>26417004

I get what you are saying but what if someone had said in 1903 "wright brothers make shitty kite plane fly like 10 feet"

you personally would have been 30+ years from getting a ride in a decent airplane and even sciencefags would not have known exactly when that would come to pass or what it would look like when it did, but it was a big deal

>>26417004
You are the reason state funded science is being strangled.

>>26419795

mad

82983

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Theoretical physicist here AMA
(except it's late and I go to sleep soon)

>>26419871
How can I make my dick bigger?

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>>26419898
Hit puberty

>>26419871
How does it feel to have a useless degree?

>>26417004

maybe you're just too dumb to get it. i understand them fine.

It's a cool as fuck discovery, I was fascinated by the stats of it desu

Basically what happened it 2 black holes, one of which was 35x the mass of our sun, sucked each other in. The energy released in that instant was greater than that of the combined light given out by every star in the universe

The piece of equipment used was so sensitive that it could detect any change in distance between our solar system and the nearest star 4 light years away up to the diameter of a human hair

Basically scientists can "read" waves, and have been able to see what happened up to 400,000 years after the big bang happened. With these gravitational waves, they may be able to read much further back so we actually know what happened when the universe came into being

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can someone explain to me how you RECORD THE SOUND OF TWO BLACK HOLES THAT COLLIDED OVER 1.2 BILLION YEARS AGO

>>26420093

dumb ass American. learn to read.

>>26420093
convert the waves into vibrations senpai

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>>26420177
>dumbass American
Someone sounds insecure

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>>26416838
i like the pepe , but could someone add those crazy little dog teeth that guy has .

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>>26417437
>all these newfags

>>26417309

This is why only a select few individuals are physicists. The autism and the curiosity have to combine with intelligence, and the ability to realize that innovation can lay the foundation for future practical discovery.

Most major discoveries have been due to stumbling upon the right thing at the right time with the right frame of mind. Hell, Darwin paired his own observations and evidence with other people's explanations to write his book on the theory of evolution. But up until then, he was just the autist collecting samples in jars and jizzing when he found new, unexpected species, that forced him to reconsider his earlier conception of nature.

It took a while for the rest of the world to understand, though. And now look where we are.

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>>26420936
>now look where we are
Truly a wonderful time

Think of it like carbon dating. Sure, as a whole, it's not applicable to the average person. But the ability to measure the age of something, is what allows us to predict future degenerations and deterioration. It lets us know the limits of certain organisms. It allows us to read remains like a diary of the past.

Similarly, the ability to measure gravitational waves will allow us to measure the age/distance of past astronomical events, things that we will never see, but could give us data to form a more complete theory of the universe.

>>26420051
Sounds like a load of bullshit. How do they know the "wave" (if you can even call it that) has anything to do with 2 black holes which collided?

>>26421051
dude science lmao

stop questioning progress

>>26421215
>science should not be scrutinized with basic questions

ayyyy lmao

>>26420997

Look where we are, in acceptance/understanding of the theory of evolution, silly. Sure there are deniers, but more/most people understand the concept now a lot better than they did pre-Darwin, if at all.

>>26421340
you're pretty fucking dense if you couldn't tell that was an ironic shitpost

>>26421506
>haha i was tricking you
Suck my dick you fat nigger

>>26421560
you really couldn't tell that post was blatantly sarcastic? holy fuck anon, you might legitimately have autism. that, or retardation.

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>>26416838
>study for years to become a quantum physicist
>make a scientific break through about black holes
>still can't get a girlfriend

>bunch of physicists study magnetism
>who cares about magnets, what do magnets have to do with my daily life?
>MRI machines are created

You're fucking welcome

>>26417004
>I am stupid and self-centered
>Why don't scientists cater fully to my stupid desires

A physics professor at my uni died a few days ago. His principle interest?

Gravitational waves