Roxolan comments on Rationality Quotes June 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 02 June 2013 02:48:29AM 3 points [-]

If you turn on your television and tune it between stations, about 10 percent of that black-and-white speckled static you see is caused by photons left over from the birth of the universe. What grater proof of the reality of the Big Bang–you can watch it on TV.

Jim Holt

Comment author: Roxolan 02 June 2013 06:52:39AM 19 points [-]

Would the static look any different if it was 0% though?

Comment author: Manfred 03 June 2013 06:15:21AM 18 points [-]

Yes, it wouldn't be peaked at about 3 GHz. Since television only goes up to about 1 GHz, this means more noise at higher channels after accounting for other sources.

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