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Jonathan S. wrote,
It's still wrong, in fact it's "not even wrong". I'll leave why as an exercise for the student, as they say. Aw come on, Jonathan, don't be a tease. What is your take on the 'speed of gravity'? Enquiring minds would like to know. oc |
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Jonathan S. wrote,
It's still wrong, in fact it's "not even wrong". I'll leave why as an exercise for the student, as they say. Aw come on, Jonathan, don't be a tease. What is your take on the 'speed of gravity'? Enquiring minds would like to know. oc |
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Bill Sheppard writes Jonathan S. wrote, It's still wrong, in fact it's "not even wrong". I'll leave why as an exercise for the student, as they say. Aw come on, Jonathan, don't be a tease. What is your take on the 'speed of gravity'? Enquiring minds would like to know. I have no idea. Tom van Flandern thinks it's enormous, but he seems to have lost the reputation he once had. Physics for the last hundred years has been based on the idea that information can't travel faster than light. That might be wrong, but "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" or whatever the phrase is, and I haven't seen any. Just saying it's SQRT(PI) x C (simplifying Bob's equation) isn't enough. -- "Forty millions of miles it was from us, more than forty millions of miles of void" Remove spam and invalid from address to reply. |
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Bill Sheppard writes Jonathan S. wrote, It's still wrong, in fact it's "not even wrong". I'll leave why as an exercise for the student, as they say. Aw come on, Jonathan, don't be a tease. What is your take on the 'speed of gravity'? Enquiring minds would like to know. I have no idea. Tom van Flandern thinks it's enormous, but he seems to have lost the reputation he once had. Physics for the last hundred years has been based on the idea that information can't travel faster than light. That might be wrong, but "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" or whatever the phrase is, and I haven't seen any. Just saying it's SQRT(PI) x C (simplifying Bob's equation) isn't enough. -- "Forty millions of miles it was from us, more than forty millions of miles of void" Remove spam and invalid from address to reply. |
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Jonathan S. wrote, re. 'speed of gravity',
I have no idea. Tom van Flandern thinks it's enormous, but he seems to have lost the reputation he once had. Yes, van Flandern finally concludes that the flowing-space explanation is the only rational model for the mechanism of gravity. That's probably why he's 'lost his reputation'. Under that model, there's nothing 'propagating' outbound from the source; therefore gravity's "action" is instantaneous at any distance. oc |
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Jonathan S. wrote, re. 'speed of gravity',
I have no idea. Tom van Flandern thinks it's enormous, but he seems to have lost the reputation he once had. Yes, van Flandern finally concludes that the flowing-space explanation is the only rational model for the mechanism of gravity. That's probably why he's 'lost his reputation'. Under that model, there's nothing 'propagating' outbound from the source; therefore gravity's "action" is instantaneous at any distance. oc |
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"Bill Sheppard" wrote in message ... Jonathan S. wrote, re. 'speed of gravity', I have no idea. Tom van Flandern thinks it's enormous, but he seems to have lost the reputation he once had. Yes, van Flandern finally concludes that the flowing-space explanation is the only rational model for the mechanism of gravity. That's probably why he's 'lost his reputation'. Under that model, there's nothing 'propagating' outbound from the source; therefore gravity's "action" is instantaneous at any distance. oc Just in case I guessed Right, the last eight digits of my cable modems mac address is DAA46260. And a Mr. David A Smith kind of knows more about what I am proposing. Hope he doesn't mind me dragging him into this. I would Put my self at the level of "Kook" right now. but mabye a kook that guessed right. |
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"Bill Sheppard" wrote in message ... Jonathan S. wrote, re. 'speed of gravity', I have no idea. Tom van Flandern thinks it's enormous, but he seems to have lost the reputation he once had. Yes, van Flandern finally concludes that the flowing-space explanation is the only rational model for the mechanism of gravity. That's probably why he's 'lost his reputation'. Under that model, there's nothing 'propagating' outbound from the source; therefore gravity's "action" is instantaneous at any distance. oc Just in case I guessed Right, the last eight digits of my cable modems mac address is DAA46260. And a Mr. David A Smith kind of knows more about what I am proposing. Hope he doesn't mind me dragging him into this. I would Put my self at the level of "Kook" right now. but mabye a kook that guessed right. |
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Bill Sheppard writes Jonathan S. wrote, re. 'speed of gravity', I have no idea. Tom van Flandern thinks it's enormous, but he seems to have lost the reputation he once had. Yes, van Flandern finally concludes that the flowing-space explanation is the only rational model for the mechanism of gravity. That's probably why he's 'lost his reputation'. Under that model, there's nothing 'propagating' outbound from the source; therefore gravity's "action" is instantaneous at any distance. oc I may be maligning him, but IIRC he also went overboard for the Cydonia and "face on Mars" nonsense. He also supports the theory that the asteroids come from an exploded planet, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary and the fact that the only evidence he proposed (moons of asteroids, and specifically a debris field around Eros - God know why) hasn't appeared Everyone's entitled to hold unconventional theories about physics, though. Gravity _has_ to appear to be instantaneous, an idea that goes back to Newton, but current theories hate real instantaneous effects. Slightly related topic; does anyone know how the discovery that the speed of light was finite influenced Newton's thinking? That was a revolution as big as any in science. -- "Forty millions of miles it was from us, more than forty millions of miles of void" Remove spam and invalid from address to reply. |
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