Comment Whatever (Score 1) 308
Project director Paul Schmor noted, "We have satellite detectors in space called observatories, studying the effects [of stellar explosions] long after the event.
"Now we can re-create the event itself."
BS. You may be able to emulate the effects or the reactions of supernovae, but studying the facsimile will avail us nothing in the realm of physics.
That would be like me saying that I could create a black hole in my bathtub with a few particle accelerators and a little needle to punch a hole in the STC, and then saying I knew how they formed in space.
The very fact that you could do such a thing is impressive, but the creation is based on your limited, earth-based observations nonetheless.
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dthor
"Now we can re-create the event itself."
BS. You may be able to emulate the effects or the reactions of supernovae, but studying the facsimile will avail us nothing in the realm of physics.
That would be like me saying that I could create a black hole in my bathtub with a few particle accelerators and a little needle to punch a hole in the STC, and then saying I knew how they formed in space.
The very fact that you could do such a thing is impressive, but the creation is based on your limited, earth-based observations nonetheless.
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dthor
