ericmurphy
Posts: 2460 Joined: Oct. 2005
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Quote (cogzoid @ June 01 2006,13:22) | Paley, let's step back for a second and establish what we know. You are working on a geocentric model. You're starting with some topology and quantum mechanics. Why not start at the basics so everyone can follow? What does your Biblically-based solar system look like? Can you compare and contrast with the post-Galileo accepted worldview? You seemed to have lost some viewers already, while alluding to your super-fluid, crystalline, quintessence. Perhaps now is a good time to re-explain.
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Good point. The standard cosmological model is pretty controversial when it comes to the nature of spacetime; there isn't even a consensus yet on the number of spatial dimensions. Therefore, it seems kind of silly, Bill, to start trying to refute a theory that isn't even established yet anyway.
Why don't we try a model that at least accounts for straightforward observations, like the phases of Venus and the Jovian moons, varying parallax of nearby astronomical objects, the Hertzsprung-Russel relationship, the existence of galaxies, etc.? You don't need to come up with a model for the nature of spacetime to account for these observations, Bill. This is obviously true, since observational astronomy is a thriving and dynamic field despite not even knowing how many spatial dimensions there are yet.
I really don't think quantum mechanics is going to help you very much if you can't even explain orbital dynamics, a theory that was well-established before Planck was even born.
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