How can Space be Material?
PSI Blog 20170412 From my blog: http://thescientificworldview.blogspot.com/2017/04/how-can-space-be-material.html How can Space be Material? Like many others, Bill is still having trouble understanding the difference between matter and space. He takes offense at this quote from a PSI Blog 20170322 (Infinite Divisibility of Matter and Space): “GB: … The “block universe” you and others write about is […]
Continue Reading...Distinguishing Matter from Motion
(From my blog: http://thescientificworldview.blogspot.com/2017/03/distinguishing-matter-from-motion.html) PSI Blog 20170315 Distinguishing Matter from Motion Captain Bligh writes: “How do you explain light from the Sun if photons do not exist? They are a dynamic action in the aether, as is matter. Matter moves does it not? Matter is also a dynamic. It changes constantly since it is a […]
Continue Reading...Who is a Philosopher?
From Glen Borchardt’s Blog: http://thescientificworldview.blogspot.com/2016/10/who-is-philosopher.html Who is a philosopher? Just received an interesting question from Philip Atkinson, who seems to already know the answer to the question he asks: “Please forgive the impertinence of my question, but as there is no useful accepted definition of philosophy, how do you know you are a philosopher?” Actually, […]
Continue Reading...Gravitational Attraction is Dead
Blog 20160217 Numerous readers have requested that I comment on all the commotion concerning the recent discovery of gravitational waves via the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). I will assume that this is the real thing and not just another false alarm. First, let me quote from page 190 of “The Scientific Worldview” (2007),[1] which […]
Continue Reading...Review of “Disruptive”—The Demise of Relativity
Blog 20160406 This is a review of a book written by my good friend and colleague Steve Bryant: Bryant, Steven B., 2016, Disruptive: Rewriting the rules of physics: El Cerrito, CA, Infinite Circle Publishing, 312 p. [ http://www.amazon.com/Disruptive-Rewriting-physics-Steven-Bryant/dp/099624090X ] Steve Bryant’s remarkable book puts the kibosh on relativity where it really matters: mathematics. My own […]
Continue Reading...Spooky Action at a Distance
(Republished from my blog at: http://thescientificworldview.blogspot.com) Regressive physicists of the quantum mechanics stripe think they have discovered what even Einstein thought impossible. The New York Times is right on top of it, spreading the propaganda with this article: Markoff, John, 2015, Sorry, Einstein. Quantum Study Suggests ‘Spooky Action’ Is Real, New York Times: New York, […]
Continue Reading...Elderly Galaxies Plague Big Bang Theory
Everyone should be aware of Hubble’s photos of the Ultra Deep Field, which by BBT calculations is only 400 million years old. It doesn’t seem to bother them a bit that the fully-formed galaxies they are seeing must have been at least 10 billion years old when the light from them started its 13 billion-year […]
Continue Reading...The Physical Meaning of E=mc2
Although Einstein’s popularization of E=mc2 made it the most famous equation in history, few people understand what it actually means in physical terms. Many popular accounts maintain that it describes the conversion of matter into “pure energy,” often construed as a kind of matterless motion. Today, “dark energy” and “dark matter” are spoken of as […]
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