I apologize to Offworld -- I lost control and just started typing and I got low and mean while doing it, my bad -- I study astronomy and whatever he saw in the sky wasn't a short-lived supernova -- it could have been as simple as two dust motes colliding in space at thousands of miles per second and producing an explosion that only he saw, but it sure wasn't a whole star blowing up and completely going dark in a short time. Even a white dwarf that sucks material off a companion star will not blow off that material -- as it does regularly -- in any kind of "flash bulb" way. It could have been almost anything BUT a supernova. Even if the speed of light, etc., were different 10 billion years ago, it would be very difficult to imagine conditions that would produce a "flashbulb" supernova.
Edg --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Dude, you've never posted here in your life before, and you are > > > saying you will stop coming here? In addition, you obviously have > > > a very poor understanding of astro-physics, and in addition are > > > in the lagging portion of the evolving human species. > > > > Duveyoung is most likely Edg Duveyoung, and he's been a lurker on FFL > > for quite some time. My recollection is that he and his family used to > > live in Fairfield. > > > > You might want to do a Google search on his name, > > http://tinyurl.com/2dnkc2 , and check out his recent comments on the > > Centauri Dreams site.>> > > Thanks, can't be the same guy though, because he accused me here of > being dangerous for having radical ideas like "short lived supernovas", > whereas this Duveyoung you speak of is broadcasting MUCH MORE radical > ideas such as "matter being an epiphenomenon of consciousness". > > Therefore, the two people must be different. One of them has no problem > discussing radical ideas, while the one on here is going insane over a > mildy challenging idea. > > Thanks though, appreciate it. > > OffWorld >
