Perhaps not a tricky question for you but an interesting one for someone who did not know as myself. But if dark matter is gravitational force as you propose, left by photons, could it then be considered 'matter'?
On Jun 4, 7:53 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
