Friday, June 17, 2016

Fine-tuning of the Universe



In
cosmology, the cosmological constant (usually denoted by the Greek
capital letter lambda: Λ) is the value of the energy density of the
vacuum of space. Physicists use electron-volts per cubic-meter to
measure energy density, but that is a HUMAN measurement. Humans live at
the MACRO-level in the universe, but at the quantum level a better
measurement unit would be an joules, for energy, and a Plank distance
for volume.


1 eV = 6 241 509 343 300 000 000 J

The
Planck length is the scale at which classical ideas about gravity and
space-time cease to be valid, and quantum effects dominate. This is the
smallest measurement of length with any meaning. And roughly equal to
1.6 x 10-35 m or about 10-20 times the size of a proton.


1 m = 1 600 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 pl

When you use THESE numbers as your base, the Cosmological Constant is no longer needs such great precision.

(10 to the 120 divided by 10 to the 36) divided by 10 to the 19 = 10 to the 75th. s

Still
a large number to be sure, but not nearly as gigantic. Now consider
that the 'cosmological constant' isn't measurable except by
extrapolation, and thus any point in space might have a much different
value. Now ask yourself this question, what TIME period do they do the
measurement over? If it was 1'second, you could justify using plank time
(time it takes light to travel the plank distance).


1 sec. =~ 18 000 000 000 00 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 t P

which brings us down to just 10 to the 33. Still quite big (or small) for a constant, but much more manageable.

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