On 3 June, 15:11, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: > When you turn your back to the sun and look at the ground in front of > you, you see your shadow. What is it made of?! >
It's made by an area where fewer photons have reached the ground than the area around it. The shadow is simply caused by a photon density differential, nothing more, nothing less. And here you thought that was a tricky question, I bet. ;-) > On Jun 3, 1:11 am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > wow..this makes me regret leaving science for humanities.. you cant have > > everything can you > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 1 June, 11:03, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > really! awesome.. i totally had no idea of that..luno solar actitvity > > > > influencing us so..'may' is a pretty strong word in itself though.. > > > > Well, it's difficult to prove. Although there's no doubt that gravity > > > has far-reaching effects. Technically, it reaches across the universe > > > and every particle of matter that HAS mass has some gravitational > > > effects on every other particle. Also note that, while photons have > > > no 'rest mass', one NEVER sees a photon at rest. Rather, they move at > > > near the speed of light (I say 'near' in order to account for some > > > slowing that occurs as they move through whatever medium they are > > > moving through, whether that be our atmosphere or the lens of a > > > telescope and ultimately the cornea and lens of our eye). So, while I > > > expect you are familiar with E=MC^2 as the relationship between energy > > > and mass, there is another equation that must also come into play with > > > respect to photons and that is E=Fh where E is energy, F is the > > > frequency of the photon and 'h' is the Planck Constant. So, by using > > > these two equations together, one can see that if you take the > > > frequency of a photon, F, and multiply it by the Planck Constant, you > > > yield the 'energy' of that photon. Divide that by C^2, the speed of > > > light in a vacuum, and you have calculated the 'mass' of the photon. > > > It's my belief that the supposed 'dark matter' is nothing more than > > > the gravitational trails of the countless photons moving across space- > > > time. The more space-time that one looks through, the more trails of > > > photon have crossed that path and, thus, the more 'dark matter' you > > > see. Note, you only see the photons that are heading towards your > > > eyes, those that cross across that path are NOT seen and it is THESE > > > that I believe form the basis of the elusive dark matter that accounts > > > for a huge amount of energy that simply passes across our line of > > > sight. Because we don't 'see' these photons (because they aren't > > > headed in our direction), they only show up by virtue of their > > > gravitational effects, thus they 'appear' as dark matter. > > > > > On 6/1/10, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On 30 May, 08:45, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I was wondering if astrology is for real..i mean is there a fragment > > > > > > of truth in it.. even though it seems completely irrational...does > > > the > > > > > > fact that it has been there for ages give it legitimacy..or is it > > > pure > > > > > > fluff feeding off people uncertainties about life... > > > > > > It could well be an aspect of the general holography of the universe. > > > > > That is, there are aspects ofthe universe which reflect the entirety, > > > > > if one is open to looking for these reflections and know how to > > > > > interpret them. One thing IS for sure, gravity's effect is real and > > > > > carries across space-time from one end to the other. We know that the > > > > > luno-solar gravity accounts for the tides and the word 'lunacy' > > > > > implies that those tidal effects may (strictly MAY!!) also affect our > > > > > cerebro-spinal fluid in a subtle way.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
