This would be a cool idea if it doable.
It would take half the problem away from getting far enough out. It would be cool to create a giant ring of mirrors that can be repositioned to reflect and redirect a ring back to a different focal point. Theoretically you could set up that ring at half the distance then reposition the ring of mirrors to adjust the lens. It would take a bunch of material, but it would cut the distance in half if you could create a ring half the radius of the sun.
Originally posted by @eladarIf you had those millions of mirrors you wouldn't need the gravity lens in the first place🙂 Answer to a previous question does the bending angle change in a greater gravity field, the answer is yes, it is a fundamental aspect of spacetime. It goes to extremes around black holes, where the bending angle is 360+ degrees which means light can check in but like the roach hotel cannot check out, the extreme gravity of the black hole captures light completely never to come out again. It would be like the drain of bathwater it just leaves this universe forever. There are hypotheses suggesting our universe came out of a black hole in a parent universe and we see it as a white hole or the big bang and further black holes in our universe become white holes, creating yet another daughter universe.
Just think, you could create rings of mirrors to reflect to a closer focus point. Once you have taken in the information you need anout one solar system you can the reposition to see another.
I know that flies in the face of your religion but it is one hypothesis of a multiverse and of course you are free to scoff at it since it is just conjecture at this point in time.
Originally posted by @sonhouseOnly when an unproveable hypothesis is taken as fact, even though it can't be repeated in experiments that I have a problem.
If you had those millions of mirrors you wouldn't need the gravity lens in the first place🙂 Answer to a previous question does the bending angle change in a greater gravity field, the answer is yes, it is a fundamental aspect of spacetime. It goes to extremes around black holes, where the bending angle is 360+ degrees which means light can check in but li ...[text shortened]... rse and of course you are free to scoff at it since it is just conjecture at this point in time.
I do not know of any verse in the Bible that says God did not create multiple universes.
You simply like to belittle. Either that or you are a simpleton.
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Originally posted by @eladarmany (if not most) Christians believe God created the big bang and guided evolution.
I do not know of any verse in the Bible that says God did not create multiple universes.
Taking into account few verses of the Bible are supposed to be taken completely literally, Do you know of any verse in the Bible that says God did not create the big bang or did not guide evolution?
Originally posted by @eladarAll I said was you come from a religious stance. I said multiverse is conjecture, not trying to belittle you or your religion. I thought we were having a good discussion.
Only when an unproveable hypothesis is taken as fact, even though it can't be repeated in experiments that I have a problem.
I do not know of any verse in the Bible that says God did not create multiple universes.
You simply like to belittle. Either that or you are a simpleton.
Originally posted by @sonhousePerhaps you need to stay away from your assumptions. Chances are many of your assumptions are just as wrong as the possibilty of a multiverse.
All I said was you come from a religious stance. I said multiverse is conjecture, not trying to belittle you or your religion. I thought we were having a good discussion.
I believe it is more likely than abiogenesis, but less likely than creation.
Originally posted by @eladarWell then, enlighten me as to your POV on religion. Do you believe in a young Earth? Or is your belief centered more on a god creating the universe and Earth and life on it but still billions of years old?
Perhaps you need to stay away from your assumptions. Chances are many of your assumptions are just as wrong as the possibilty of a multiverse.
I believe it is more likely than abiogenesis, but less likely than creation.
Originally posted by @sonhouseI believe what we haven't seen is unknowable. If you've read the other threads you have seen what I believe is possible.
Well then, enlighten me as to your POV on religion. Do you believe in a young Earth? Or is your belief centered more on a god creating the universe and Earth and life on it but still billions of years old?
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Originally posted by @eladarI take it that the reason why you don't answer that perfectly simple question is because you are ashamed to admit the absurdities of your religious beliefs.
I believe what we haven't seen is unknowable.
So you believe the Earth is only a few thousand years old then just as you have repeatedly implied.
Originally posted by @eladarWe haven't seen gravitational waves but we have detected them. We have never seen an actual electron, do you think therefore they don't exist? Same with neutrons, protons, and such. Same with electric fields, we can't see them or magnetic fields, does that mean they are unknowable?
I believe what we haven't seen is unknowable. If you've read the other threads you have seen what I believe is possible.