methylatedghosts
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Does it really matter? Does the speed of light or whether we are here by accident or because of a creator really change how you live your life?
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Does it really matter? Does the speed of light or whether we are here by accident or because of a creator really change how you live your life?
As the link to article, which Painted Wolf has given us, NASA has pointed out that the speed of light has not slow down.yossarian22 said:That was the point of his 'the speed of light is slowing down' bit. It was faster before, which explains how it reached us, but it presents other problems.
Yes, it does matter because the more scientific discovery we have and the more we understand about the nature of life and the universe the closer we get to answering some really big questions. If we know the true nature of the universe it just may put an end to superstition and hate and let us move forward and create a better life for ourselves and future generations.
The idea that the speed of light was "slowing down" was the result of a goof ...naturally certain people took the mistake and ran with it.
I'm sorry, but I just don't see how that follows. If the universe came into existence without a creator would that really change how people lived their lives? Would people who believed in a God who punished misbehaviour suddenly stop caring about how they treated others? Would people change their daily routine, and day-to-day lives?
How about if it was created, and proven so? Would non-theistic people suddenly go to church? Would people treat others differently than they already were?
I really don't see how it'd change anything to be honest
How?Barry satterfield(sp?), who was in Australia at the time,collected a number of measurements of the speed of light over the last 300 years.
So independent he has no name...An independent Russian physicist...
How about my/the theory that our galaxy was created 2 million years after Andromeda ???Sorry, FFH, but who said said man's evolution was "millions years" old?
Homo sapiens sapiens, or the modern man is at least 25000 years old, that would be older than your young earth theory of 13000 years.
As to the speed of light. Light requires to travel over great distance, which is in proportional to time, which I am sure you already know. Even if the speed of light decrease, it would not make much difference in calculation over time. My problem is that you believe in Young Earth Science, in which the earth, solar system, galaxy and universe is only 13,000 years old.
Let me give you an example that refute your claim that the universe is only 13000 years old.
Our nearest spiral galaxy, like the Milky Way, is the Andromeda Galaxy. It is roughly 2 million light-year away from our Earth. So it would take 2 million years for light to travel from this galaxy to our planet.
If the universe was truly 13,000 years old, then we should not be able to see Andromeda Galaxy in our best and clearest telescope (the Hubble) for at least another 1,987,000 years from now. The distance between Andromeda and Earth is at 150 times greater than Young Earth's estimate of 13,000 years old.
There are many galaxies that are even further way than Andromeda. The Andromeda Galaxy is roughly twice as our galaxy. The Milky Way is around 100,000 light-year in diameter. Proxima Centauri, the closest star to us is a mere 4.3 light-year away (part of the triple system of Alpha Centauri.
How do you account for such time-distance that light require to travel to reach us?
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It is awfully convenient don't you think?Francine said:It's funny how the rate of decrease in the velocity of light has become zero just when laboratory lasers and high-speed digital counters became available.
It is awfully convenient don't you think?
Actually the true speed of light is only measureable in a vaccume... something they couldn't get 300 years ago. Not to mention the issues with mechanical clocks back then.