# The Cosmos is All. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 5, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582 "2019-03-05T17:45:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/61 "2019-03-06T18:15:36Z")
> [@Jamiedarke](#): > > Howzit Voyager. Yeah I am aware of the Ezekiel scene in the bible. They did have access to Mount Sinai in Egypt though where Moses probably met an alien. Oh? Vas you dere, Charlie? \ ---
**Author:** ![Jamiedarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/62 "2019-03-06T18:35:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If Carbyne exists at all, which is still in dispute. I believe that Carbyne has to be stored very carefully or else it destroys itself. How weird is that? ---
**Author:** ![Jamiedarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/63 "2019-03-06T18:38:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > We haven’t “won the debate” because there’s more of us. To the extent the debate has been “won”, it’s because your argument is highly speculative, is ill-supported by either evidence or basic probability, and contains several verifiable inaccuracies. If you want to “win” next time, bring a better argument. > > Also, if you’re grumpy just because we’re arguing with you, I assure you that we can argue about _anything_ here. You’re welcome to stay, but if you do you might want to get used to it. It’s not just us picking on you; we do it to everyone. Actually I’m not in the least bit grumpy. Did my post come across like that? I conceded defeat so that we could end this particular debate. Don’t want stuff to become too boring. ---
**Author:** ![Jamiedarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/64 "2019-03-06T18:39:59Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [No we don’t.](https://vimeo.com/25921512) Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/65 "2019-03-06T18:45:44Z")
> [@Jamiedarke](#): > > I believe that Carbyne has to be stored very carefully or else it destroys itself. > > How weird is that? Why do you believe this? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/66 "2019-03-06T18:46:08Z")
> [@Jamiedarke](#): > > Seriously? You’ll find that this board is deadly serious about its Monty Python references. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/67 "2019-03-06T23:41:40Z")
> [@Jamiedarke](#): > > Actually I’m not in the least bit grumpy. Did my post come across like that? > > I conceded defeat so that we could end this particular debate. > > Don’t want stuff to become too boring. The way a debate ends on this message board is usually for people to stop posting in the thread it’s in. If you’re truly done with this thread, just post “I’m done here - I concede that you’re all charming and handsome and virile and (oh yeah) you’re not easily convinced by wild speculation either. Bye all!” and then never post in the thread again. It will die of its own accord when others lose interest as well - which is less likely to happen if they’re still in a conversation with you. ---
**Author:** ![Jamiedarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/68 "2019-03-07T11:02:19Z")
Researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria report in Nature Materials that they’ve managed to synthesize the material far more successfully than ever before. It’s proved so tricky in the past because Carbyne is a long one-dimensional chain of carbon atoms linked one to the other. Its structure makes it highly reactive, which means that as quickly as it’s manufactured, it’s destroyed. But the Austrian researchers have found a way to make it while avoiding such destruction. They took two sheets of graphene, laid them on top of each other, then rolled the whole thing up to create a double-walled tube. Think of it as a graphene Thermos. Then, they synthesized the Carbyne inside the tube, providing a protective casing which allowed the material to remain in tact ---
**Author:** ![Jamiedarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/69 "2019-03-07T11:04:44Z")
“I’m done here - I concede that I’m, I mean you’re all charming and handsome and virile and (oh yeah) you’re not easily convinced … Bye all!” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/70 "2019-03-07T13:12:20Z")
> [@Jamiedarke](#): > > “I’m done here - I concede that I’m, I mean you’re all charming and handsome and virile and (oh yeah) you’re not easily convinced … Bye all!” Cite? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/71 "2019-03-07T13:40:32Z")
> [@Jamiedarke](#): > > “I’m done here - I concede that I’m, I mean you’re all charming and handsome and virile and (oh yeah) you’re not easily convinced … Bye all!” You left off “by wild speculation” ---
**Author:** ![Gullibility\_is\_Underated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Gullibility\_is\_Underated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gullibility_is_Underated)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582/72 "2019-03-09T10:02:43Z")
Anyway, what we need to bear in mind is that the ancients knew little or nothing about our Universe. In fact the average pre-high school child today knows more about it than the wisest man who ever lived thousands of years ago did. Have you ever watched Jaywalk with Mr. Leno? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cosmos-is-all/830582.md?page=3)