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http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007...s_too.html

"As Rogher Highfield writes in the Telegraph,
"Forget about the threat that mankind poses to the Earth: our activities may be shortening the life of the universe too.

"The startling claim is made by a pair of American cosmologists investigating the consequences for the cosmos of quantum theory, the most successful theory we have.

"In a nutshell, (Quantum) theory suggests that we change things simply by looking at them and theorists have puzzled over the implications for years. They often illustrate their concerns about what the theory means with mind-boggling experiments, notably Schroedinger's cat ...

"New Scientist reports a worrying new variant as the cosmologists claim that astronomers may have accidentally nudged the universe closer to its death by observing dark energy, a mysterious anti gravity force which is thought to be speeding up the expansion of the cosmos."
Hmmm,

Can't say I share this concern. As a student of astronomy, I feel that it does deepen our understanding of God. Even if we do effect the universe by its observance, that effect can only be positive, not negative.

I fail to see how observing dark matter is supposed to accelerate the demise of the universe.

Sounds allot like the typical superstitious panic that follows every great discovery.

Kenn
Here is the original link...as with most science headlines...alarmism rules the day.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jh...tviewedbox

Here is more discussion of the Zeno effect:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Zeno_effect
Is this the ultimate result of the vast Right-Wing conspiracy? Darn them!

GailBig Grin
I guess the RCC was right to jail Galileo....he should never dabbled with telescopes...the church new he would bring the heavens down!
We are the Paparazzi of the universe! When we view stars, they run and hide?


Gail
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