Thread: The Universe and a quark

Hello there,
I was wondering what is actually the difference in between an universe and a sub-atomical particle.
when you think of these particles as there own "tiny universes" doesn't this mean there is an expanation for the unpredictabilaty of the way they behave?

I know this is just another brainfart as you could call it but I am wondering why this is an unlikely or what the phyical differences inbetween them are

I am allways learning
Sorry for my terrible sugestion on advance

Originally Posted by sportlaan

I was wondering what is actually the difference in between an universe and a sub-atomical particle.

One's a universe, the other is sub-atomic particle.
They're different. Completely.

when you think of these particles as there own "tiny universes"

Why on Earth would you think of a particle as a "tiny universe"? What similarities do they have?

Oh no I'm doing it again....
euhm
Sorry
I'm an idiot

One is a huge "construct" consisting of (possibly) an infinite number of objects, compounds and elements.
The other is fundamental particle with (so far as we know) no constituent components. (And it's bloody small).

"bloody small" is that an engineering term? we had similar nomenclature doing atmospheric measurements, sub ppt = f***all, ppt levels = a bit, ppb levels = a shed load, ppm+ = f***loads...

Bloody is just so amazing word said with english accent. Im gonna have to learn that.

Originally Posted by PhDemon

"bloody small" is that an engineering term?

Absolutely.
Generally we don't bother with things as small as quarks in engineering, but it's interesting that, having said that, while a quark is "bloody small" the typical salary for an engineer is "f*cking tiny".
I've never compared the two but I suspect that the quark may be the larger.

Originally Posted by Dywyddyr

Originally Posted by PhDemon

"bloody small" is that an engineering term?

Absolutely.
Generally we don't bother with things as small as quarks in engineering, but it's interesting that, having said that, while a quark is "bloody small" the typical salary for an engineer is "f*cking tiny".
I've never compared the two but I suspect that the quark may be the larger.

During the earlier part of my time in the oil industry, tankers got larger and larger. We had LCCs (=Large Crude Carriers), then VLCCs (= Very Large Crude Carriers)and later, ULCCs (=Ultra Large Crude Carriers.

Some wag then proposed the next step should be "BHCC"s (= Bloody Huge Crude Carriers). Another wag then suggested that, after BHCCs, the only possible terminology for something even bigger still would obviously have to be "FECC"s…………………..

….which I leave as an exercise for the reader……….