Your history lesson from far in the future

**DumberDrummer** · 10-02-2006, 02:54 PM

I found this particularly interesting. (well, not the weird bit at the end, but the rest of it, yes)

http://thefutureofourworld.ytmnd.com/

**DJ-Zep** · 10-02-2006, 03:10 PM

Interesting, yes; possible, most definitely not

**DumberDrummer** · 10-02-2006, 03:12 PM

you don't think its possible that the universe will live to be that old?

**carsey** · 10-02-2006, 03:22 PM

Nice interesting points on that website, Shame i wont be around to experience the thrill of everything new

**DJ-Zep** · 10-02-2006, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DumberDrummer

you don't think its possible that the universe will live to be that old?

No, I don't. But that isn't what I was talking about. The main theory of how the continents formed that I believe, it that everything was one big continent in the beginning. Then, over time the continent split up into other continents which we now have today. Since this happened, this means that the continents we have now are still moving away from where the original supercontinent was. Europe and the Americas would collide and mexico and africa would as well. With the sun being as big as it is, and no changes in its size or temperature, the likelyness of it becoming a white dwarf is HIGHLY unlikely. In conclusion, YTMND failed to make an educated assumption - they just have big imaginations.

**DumberDrummer** · 10-02-2006, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ-Zep

No, I don't. But that isn't what I was talking about. The main theory of how the continents formed that I believe, it that everything was one big continent in the beginning. Then, over time the continent split up into other continents which we now have today. Since this happened, this means that the continents we have now are still moving away from where the original supercontinent was. Europe and the Americas would collide and mexico and africa would as well. With the sun being as big as it is, and no changes in its size or temperature, the likelyness of it becoming a white dwarf is HIGHLY unlikely. In conclusion, YTMND failed to make an educated assumption - they just have big imaginations.

The whole idea behind a white dwarf is that the sun can't keep what it is doing up FOREVER. It runs out of material to "burn" as it were, and eventually becomes a white dwarf.

The continents themselves don't necessarily have to keep moving they way they are, what's to say they couldn't drift back?

**DJ-Zep** · 10-02-2006, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DumberDrummer

The continents themselves don't necessarily have to keep moving they way they are, what's to say they couldn't drift back?

Physics.

**karusho** · 10-02-2006, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ-Zep

Physics.

By your logic, the Atlantic Ranges (those volcanoes in the Atlantic) would continue to enlargen the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific would shrink, and California would become part of Japan within something-ty million years.

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**Glaswegian** · 10-03-2006, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DumberDrummer

The whole idea behind a white dwarf is that the sun can't keep what it is doing up FOREVER. It runs out of material to "burn" as it were, and eventually becomes a white dwarf.

Correct - the sun will burn itself out at some point in time - generally believed to be between 5 and 6 billion years in the future. Also consider the fact that the Universe is still expanding - so before the sun blows up, the night sky will be very boring - no stars will be visible.

But hey, don't worry, I doubt if any of us will see all that.

**gamerman0203** · 10-03-2006, 09:28 AM

never happen.

The world as we know it will end in 2012.

**DumberDrummer** · 10-03-2006, 11:43 AM

Thank you. That makes getting my masters degree sound like such a great idea now. (I would end up getting it in 2012)

ebackhus · 10-03-2006, 11:48 AM

In 2021 war was beginning.

In 2000 Lavos destroyed the known world.

**Glaswegian** · 10-03-2006, 01:31 PM

Which planet are we talking about?

Matrix720 · 10-03-2006, 09:29 PM

someone send me a link that will load for me all i see is a big black box i hope thats not our future.

**Glaswegian** · 10-04-2006, 06:31 AM

If you saw nothing, that would be our future. I'm not sure what a big black box means.

**Spatcher** · 10-04-2006, 02:28 PM

Hey Zep, I don't mean to call you out, but Physics does not state that the continents drifted apart and will not go back together. That is biology, and even that doesn't say if the continents will go back together.

This is interesting but I don't agree with it: how would Africa collide with Europe? It would collide with Antarctica.

And by that time, 750 million years, if humanity is still here, I doubt it will be in the Milky Way....

**toxict3arz** · 10-04-2006, 02:56 PM

well to the people in the 1500's ... us riding cars ... airplanes .. are like o.O;; crazy futuristic ..

we might think thats really cool but it could be 10 years from now .. and we wouldnt think anything big about it ~ .. we would have bigger dreams .. like teleporation ...

**DumberDrummer** · 10-04-2006, 10:49 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/...portation_dc_1

Wait a minute... biology says that the continents are drifting? As in, the study of living things? You sure you don't mean geology?

**Spatcher** · 10-05-2006, 05:07 AM

Ah well w/e DD. I learned about it in geography and biology, not physics......

ebackhus · 10-05-2006, 12:22 PM

Plate tectonics

10-02-2006, 02:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Matrix720 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: harrisburg ar Posts: 138 OS: windows 98 se	someone send me a link that will load for me all i see is a big black box i hope thats not our future.

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Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Hey Zep, I don't mean to call you out, but Physics does not state that the continents drifted apart and will not go back together. That is biology, and even that doesn't say if the continents will go back together. This is interesting but I don't agree with it: how would Africa collide with Europe? It would collide with Antarctica. And by that time, 750 million years, if humanity is still here, I doubt it will be in the Milky Way.... __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

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toxict3arz TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,283 OS: windows XP Pro	well to the people in the 1500's ... us riding cars ... airplanes .. are like o.O;; crazy futuristic .. we might think thats really cool but it could be 10 years from now .. and we wouldnt think anything big about it ~ .. we would have bigger dreams .. like teleporation ...

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DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061004/...portation_dc_1 Wait a minute... biology says that the continents are drifting? As in, the study of living things? You sure you don't mean geology? __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace

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Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Ah well w/e DD. I learned about it in geography and biology, not physics...... __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

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