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From: spudnik on 9 Jul 2010 17:34 yes, it varies with index of refraction of "the medium of space," which existeth always but is not "the" aether. and, it might vary with other parameters. > the speed of light isn't constant, so you can forget that. thus quoth: This was Gamows version of the Big Bang, the predecessor of the modern accepted brand. One of its worst byproducts was the placing into general circulation of the really unproven assumption that the composition of matter in the universe as a whole is now known. It would surprise most people today to learn that at the time of ABC Humbug, and for some years after, almost all astronomers thought that the core of the Sun, and of most stars, was iron. Although the truth of this matter seems unknowable at this timefor we cannot get to the core of our Earth, not to speak of starsthere is not really sound proof otherwise. The accepted view of solar composition rests on a peculiar construct known as the neutrino, conceived in 1930 by the Robert Fludd-admiring mystic Wolfgang Pauli. In million-gallon vats of carbon tetrachloride, buried deep underground, a minute number of phenomena supposed to correspond to this little reaction-particle are observed. Is it the neutrino, or are we merely being taken to the cleaners? The Harkins School This was Gamows version of the Big Bang, the predecessor of the modern accepted brand. One of its worst byproducts was the placing into general circulation of the really unproven assumption that the composition of matter in the universe as a whole is now known. It would surprise most people today to learn that at the time of ABC Humbug, and for some years after, almost all astronomers thought that the core of the Sun, and of most stars, was iron. Although the truth of this matter seems unknowable at this timefor we cannot get to the core of our Earth, not to speak of starsthere is not really sound proof otherwise. The accepted view of solar composition rests on a peculiar construct known as the neutrino, conceived in 1930 by the Robert Fludd-admiring mystic Wolfgang Pauli. In million-gallon vats of carbon tetrachloride, buried deep underground, a minute number of phenomena supposed to correspond to this little reaction-particle are observed. Is it the neutrino, or are we merely being taken to the cleaners? The Harkins School http://21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/fall%202003/Humbuggery.html |