ahahahaha... Good one!, Andro.... Kudos!.... and as usual, none
of the usual NG loudmouth theoreticians, Einstein dinglenberried
or otherwise are to been seen or heard within this "event horizon".
Thanks, Andro.
Anybody else for a try?... Come on and shine!
ahahaha... ahahanson
> Ok, well, my response won't matter anyway since I don't have any
> theories to offer. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (who lived in my neck of
> the woods, same county, along with Charles Dickens) placed these
> words in the mouth of his gumshoe character, Sherlock Holmes:
> ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,
> however improbable, must be the truth.
> All I do is present the facts and eliminate the impossible.
> The facts are that action at a distance is indeed a fact, however
> puzzling it may have been to one of the greatest scientific minds
> in all history, Sir Isaac Newton, and I certainly cannot class myself
> in his league. As far as these GEM [*] forces go, all anyone has
> ever succeeded in doing is quantifying them. What makes them
> tick is something that will probably remain a mystery for eternity.
> Accept it as a fact and use it as a postulate. Maybe something useful
> will come out of it, we are currently exploring superfluidity and
> superconductivity and seeing some strange phenomena. As an
> engineer I want superconductors for all manner of applications
> but I want them at temperatures I can cope with, not -273 celcius.
> There are Peltier junctions to explore ... science and technology
> go hand in glove, each supports the other. HST is technology
> that enables to the furtherance of astronomy. An electron
> microscope enables the furtherance of biology. Each needs
> the other for its advancement. Exploring Mars without rapid
> communication with the home planet is a risky business, the
> light accelerator would be a useful tool. So why no investment
> when billions are spent on Large "Hardon" Colliders?
> Answer: Because that prat Einstein still has influence.
> Give me those billions and I'll produce two-way communication
> with Mars in under a minute. Why haven't I patented the light
> accelerator?
> Answer: It's not worth my time and trouble busting a gut
> for no reward, just for the benefit of others. I won't live long
> enough to see a man land on Mars anyway.
>
>
> [*]GEM - Gravitational, Electrostatic, Magnetic.
>
> Science is the observation, investigation and explanation of
> natural phenomena. It is not the creation of theories as some
> here choose to believe, and I simply don't have an answer to
> GEM. I can only do a Phuckwit Duck and say what it is not,
> I cannot say what it is.
>
> If you've ever seen Baez's crackpot index (which is mildly amusing),
> Einstein scores 99. The fact that Baez sets Einstein as the standard
> is the most amusing of it all.
>
>
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html
>
> Why did Einstein say
> the speed of light from A to B is c-v,
> the speed of light from B to A is c+v,
> the "time" each way is the same?
>
> Totalling Einstein's score:
>
> 1 point for every statement that is widely agreed on to be false. Score 1
> 3 points for every statement that is logically inconsistent. Score 4
> 5 points for each such statement that is adhered to despite careful
> correction. Score 9
> 5 points for using a thought experiment that contradicts the results of a
> widely accepted real experiment. Score 14
> 10 points for pointing out that you (Einstein) have gone to school, as if
> this were
> evidence of sanity.
> Score 24
> 10 points for each favorable comparison of yourself (Einstein) to
> Einstein,
> Score 34
> 20 points for each claim that classical mechanics is fundamentally
> misguided
> Score 54
> 20 points for every use of science fiction works or myths as if they were
> fact.
>
> 'Really, this is what is meant by the Fourth Dimension, though some people
> who talk about the Fourth Dimension do not know they mean it. It is only
> another way of looking at Time. There is no difference between Time and
> any
> of the three dimensions of Space except that our consciousness moves
> along
> with it.' -- Herbert George Wells - "The Time Machine" - 1895.
> Score 74
>
> 30 points for suggesting that Einstein, in his later years, was groping
> his
> way towards the ideas you (Einstein) now advocate.
> Score 104
> Less 5 given at the start, total is 99 for Einstein.
>
> The score for Baez requires the Richter scale.
>
>