wrote:

George Dishman wrote:
It is perfectly understandable already Rob, the Schwarzschild
metric applies out to infinite distance. If you keep it as
you said, your proposal for the Schwarzschild radius of a
proton requires an increase of gravitational effects of 38
orders of magnitude at _all_ scales. Your theory is disproven
by the fact that I can stand up.

Do you live within an atomic scale system? Do you have a lifespan of
approximately 4 x 10^-9 sec? Probably not. So you are a denizen of the
Stellar Scale. I applaud your ability to stand up, but I still think
your understanding of the Discrete Fractal paradigm (
www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw ) is in need of considerable work.

I think your grasp of the difference between physical
differences and values expressed in different units
needs some work.

It is
not really that complex, but it does require that one entertain the
possibility that nature might work in a way that in some areas is
radically different from current assumptions.

So far all you have said is that a denizen of an atomic
scale system would be likely to use different base units
for measurements but that the formula would still be
valid. The consequence your proposed change of the
Schwarzschild radius of a proton would be a 10^38
increase in Earth's surface gravity regardless of what
units you express it in. Sure, an atomic scale denizen
might still call it 9.81 m/s if he was defining different
physical quantities as the metre and the second but
it would still flatten me.

As you have kindly noted before, the places where the DF paradigm
radically differs from the standard paradigms of cosmology and high
energy physics are precisely those areas where we were forced to
extrapolate well beyond previous observation capabilities. The DF is
not in conflict with most well-tested phenomena.

No, it is in conflict with the fact that I can stand up if
what you say of the proton is true.

George