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Science, Space, Time, and the Universe

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Thursday, May 3, 2012 1:30 PM

BYTEMITE


I felt like posting a really good science article I read recently for any of you science buffs out there because it got put on the internet finally.

http://discovermagazine.com/2012/mar/09-is-einsteins-greatest-work-wro
ng-didnt-go-far

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Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:29 PM

TWO

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly


When aether proved to be a fantasy, Einstein wrote special than general relativity to better explain what was really happening. When and if dark matter proves to be a fantasy, which won't happen soon, general relativity will need a replacement, preferably with Firefly artificial gravity...

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 11:35 AM

CANTTAKESKY


Thanks, Byte. The first time I visited that link, I was only able to read the first page. The whole article is available now. Yay. Very fascinating.

First, I really love the way Zeeya Merali writes. She has a way of explaining very complicated concepts simply and elegantly.
http://www.templeton-cambridge.org/fellows/showfellow.php?fellow=59

I think the whole framework of dark energy and dark matter violates the Law of Parsimony. So whether quantum gravity is right or wrong, Barbour et al is on the right track to find a simpler explanation around space-time anomalies.

I also think Wiltshire is on the right track about the illusion of the universe's expansion speeding up by misinterpreting the positions of supernovas. If he's right, as I think he is, then dark matter/dark energy are simply artifacts.

Very thought provoking altogether.

-----
So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
is all the sad world needs.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (1850-1919)

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:47 PM

BYTEMITE


I remember thinking that there's so much here that explains existing observations. Time being not being the same in all parts of the universe, space and universe expansion not all being relatively constant as a background for calculating distance. The implications for black holes. It's getting closer to explaining quantum effects on a macroscale.

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