Dear Robert J. Kolker:

"Robert J. Kolker" wrote in message
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Greysky wrote:

...because god did not make a very complicated universe. From simple
precepts, many conclusions can be reached - back then the common
knowledge
was baryon number is not conerved. As proton decay was not observed,
the
theories became more and more outlandish and cosmology became sillier
and
sillier. To get grounded once more, try as a exercise to think of the
implications of the simple modification to the equivalecne principal I
gave.
What happens if you stick it in absolute magnitude signs?

The universe is complicated. It is also not beautiful. The idea that
physics has to be based on something simple and beautiful is a conceit.
Truth is not Beauty. Beauty is not Truth and the world, -as it is- is
messy and ugly.

I would disagree with part of this, Robert. When you dissect beauty, you
do not find beauty within. Complexity is in the observation, in drawing a
host of simple interactions, to a single theory held in the head.

Otherwise, you are still a grouch! Keep up the good work.

David A. Smith