Answer to Inyuki re patterns in the universe

Hi Inyuki,

I have tried 3 times before to respond to your post on "large-scale
Universe patterns" and to the incorrect post that followed it. However,
my posts inexplicably keep being sent to sci.physics.research where any
dissent from the Substandard Paradigm is quickly annihilated.

Here's a 4th try.

There are two major patterns in the large-scale distribution of matter
in the observable universe (note small u).

1. There is a remarkable fractal network of filaments, sheets and voids
that dominates the matter distribution. This has been demonstrated
definitively.

2. There is also a strong hierarchical clustering pattern: galaxies are
clustered into Groups, which are clustered into Galaxy Clusters, which
are clustered into Superclusters, ...?

The large-scale matter distribution is only *statistically*
"homogeneous" when you ignore all the structure and patterns of 1 and
2, and average things out mathematically.

Put succinctly: Nature is not homogeneous like a bottle of milk, unless
you look at it through thick, blurry "Coke-bottle" glasses.

If you are interested in an explanation for these patterns, go to
www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw and click on "Galactic Scale
Self-Similarity". Then scroll down to section II for a 2-minute
"Preview".

All questions/comments welcomed. Barking dogs are ignored.

Robert L. Oldershaw

Rob wrote:
Hi Inyuki,

I have tried 3 times before to respond to your post on "large-scale
Universe patterns" and to the incorrect post that followed it. However,
my posts inexplicably keep being sent to sci.physics.research where any
dissent from the Substandard Paradigm is quickly annihilated.

Here's a 4th try.

There are two major patterns in the large-scale distribution of matter
in the observable universe (note small u).

1. There is a remarkable fractal network of filaments, sheets and voids
that dominates the matter distribution. This has been demonstrated
definitively.

2. There is also a strong hierarchical clustering pattern: galaxies are
clustered into Groups, which are clustered into Galaxy Clusters, which
are clustered into Superclusters, ...?

The large-scale matter distribution is only *statistically*
"homogeneous" when you ignore all the structure and patterns of 1 and
2, and average things out mathematically.

Put succinctly: Nature is not homogeneous like a bottle of milk, unless
you look at it through thick, blurry "Coke-bottle" glasses.

If you are interested in an explanation for these patterns, go to
www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw and click on "Galactic Scale
Self-Similarity". Then scroll down to section II for a 2-minute
"Preview".

All questions/comments welcomed. Barking dogs are ignored.

Robert L. Oldershaw


I repeat this argument in case any of you cosmology-lovers out there
missed it the first time around due to its weird title.