Hi Billy, On Oct 6, 2011, at 3:07 PM, [email protected] wrote: > OK, assuming that much, why wouldn't simple inertia account for > current observations about the accelerated speed of expansion > of the universe ? That is, throw a baseball and for a time its speed > is far greater than the speed of the pitcher's arm movements > that released the ball. Yes, it begins to decelerate after a distance > but not until X distance has been traversed.
Um, no. At release, the ball is moving exactly as fast as the fingers that propelled it. After that, it slows down due to friction, unless gravity is accelerating it downwards. If the universes is accelerating after "release", something is effectively "pulling" it. E -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
