Science, Space, Time, and the Universe by BYTEMITE

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Science, Space, Time, and the Universe

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UPDATED: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:47
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Thursday, May 03, 2012 1:30 PM

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 03, 2012 2:29 PM

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

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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Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:23 PM

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Dear Byte: Thanks for posting that article. I've felt for some time that dark matter and dark energy were artifacts created by our incomplete understanding of gravity. I had never heard of Barbour or his work, but the things he said about his reasoning and starting assumptions resonates so deeply with me that I'm sure he's on the right track. I,m glad others are taking up his work. This could be the beginning of very exciting times in science.

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Tuesday, May 08, 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 08, 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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