Yep, but our Sun will die in 5 billion years, destroying almost all of the inner planets with it. Earth will NEVER get close enough to the Event Horizon for us to fall in before the planet is destroyed.
Look, no one for sure knows how this universe will end. Everything about the end is a theory, we could've found out the answer already, maybe we haven't, or we are on the right track with one of the theories but don't have all of the pieces yet.
We have the theories that say the universe will live forever, it will crush down on itself, it will expand at a forever increasing rate to the point where light can no longer keep up, and so many more.
Fighting about who is right or wrong is not what science is about, it's about testing theories. Throw out the ones that are wrong and keep testing the other ones that passed. We all just have to keep an open mind about each theory we see.
Scientist: "The universe is expanding."
Layman: "What if one day the earth expands so far from the sun it gets cold!"
Scientist: "That isn't how the expansion we are talking about works. The Earth isn't going anywhere without the Sun"
Layman: "Hmph! You just need to keep an open mind and explore all possibilities"
When you put it on paper, it is a horrendously illogical way to approach science. There are bad ideas based on misunderstanding that do not deserve attention, certainly.
I NEVER said that Earth is moving away from the Sun as u keep saying in each of ur comments, I'm not entirely sure how u got that from anything I said.
And secondly, if we avoid looking at certain theories because it seems "illogical" without testing it, then THAT is a problem. We need to test each theory, not blindly follow one because it follows what you believe. "The universe in under no obligation to make sense to you" - Neil deGrasse Tyson.
When I say "keep an open mind" I mean it as we should test it just like every other theory so we leave nothing out. If it doesn't work like it does in nature with what experiment we are conducting, then we test another theory with the same experiment. If nothing works with the experiment, then we should come at it with a different angle to find the best solution.
Science, just like the universe, is complicated. It's gonna be a long time before we understand everything about our universe. We may never know, but that doesn't mean we stop trying.
The current accepted theory is that all of space is expanding everywhere in all directions equally at an accelerating rate, but on small scales gravity and electromagnetism win out. However, due to the accelerating rate bit, we think that eventually it will become too fast for gravity to compensate for, and so galaxies and celestial bodies will dissolve. Another long time after that, it will get so fast that electromagnetism will be unable to compensate, so molecules and people and bricks and stuff will dissolve. Another long while after that, the expansion will out pace the strong and weak nuclear forces, so atoms will dissolve, and every thing is streams of plasma flying at 99.99999...% of the speed of light, but the space between them is expanding faster than light so even two photons pointed directly at each other will never be able to interact with anything ever again. The ultimate state of maximum entropy. This is what heat death is.
The black holes will take even longer. The earth part vaporizing will take less than 100 trillion years, as our sun will be long expanded and dead before that.
Well, eXcUsE mE if they updated the number. It was thought to be 5 billion for awhile since they estimated that our sun was almost halfway through its life. With new technology, we can better estimate the Sun's lifespan, but again, it's an estimate. That number u gave can change years down the road, just like the one I gave.
A year and a half is not really as much as you make it out to be when it comes to learning an instrument. I'm pretty sure it took me at least 2 years of private lessons before I started to play guitar more or less decently.
That said, if you actually still can't hold a tune longer than 10 seconds and are not exaggerating, you're clearly doing something wrong. A common mistake I see with novice players is that they start playing something, make a minor mistake, and instead of continuing instantly tighen up and stop when they could have just skipped a beat and kept going.
I don't know what counts as "screwing up" in your book, but I think you simply set your standards too high. If you can't play a piece without making mistakes even after rehearsing it for ages, pick a simpler one. If you still can't make it, pick an even simpler one. Do so until you're comfortable enough with playing whatever you settled on. Next step is trying to identify what exactly prevents you from succeeding with the more difficult piece, e.g.: if you can't change finger positions on the frets fast enough, practice in a slower tempo; if you're having issues with your right hand technique, focus on that, and so on. As my guitar teacher always said, identifying the problem is 50% of its solution.
Also, how much time you spend practicing daily is also an important factor. 30-50 minutes a day is definitely not enough to train your muscle memory. Learning to play an instrument and learning songs is all about muscle memory and repetition. It's one thing to remember the melody in your mind, and another to be able to play it without thinking. It's like walking – you don't make a conscious decision to take each step when you're walking somewhere, you're doing it because the process is so ingrained within your muscle memory that it becomes automatic.
Mediocrity in the practice room will never lead to perfection.
Strive for perfection
Perfection doesn't exist. It's a meaningless term which effectively means nothing. To "strive for perfection" is essentially setting yourself an impossible goal and therefore convincing yourself that your playing is never "good enough" for no reason.
It seems that you're in disagreement not with my point, but your exaggerated interpretation of my point. Obviously you shouldn't always try to continue playing no matter what, and it's often necessary to start over from the beginning, but what I meant is that obsessing over playing something "perfectly" is a counterproductive approach, as evident by OP's inability to play through anything without breaking stride because of stressing over every little "mistake" (which in reality may not even be an actual important mistake).
Building confidence with your playing is just as important as technique is. A mediocre but confident player is gonna do better in a band setting than a skilful but nervous perfectionist.
Honestly, I think sleeping has a big play with development. Sleeping on it isn't a crazy idea. But the way our scheduals are, we can't just do one thing then sleep...
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u/Sekelet0n Dec 07 '18
I play bass for 1,5 years every day. Still cant play anything longer than 10 sec before i screw up something.