I see your point entirely, Brent. And, into it, if we're to believe the cosmological time scale over the Biblical one, then we've had those billions of years for his theory to manifest itself. Admittedly, we may not have noticed it yet here on Earth, so I do have to admit that he has the outside chance of being right. After all, those in the community did scoff at Einstein when he first posited the Theory of Relativity.
Still, for the moment, until proven otherwise, I scoff at his ideas. Involves too much chaos theory. The universe doesn't let one force gain the upper hand. It tends to balance itself out. On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:28 PM, brent wodehouse < [email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe the thrust of the arguments of his peers described in the > article is that his idea be given a fair hearing. Maybe we are talking > here about something more in keeping with a phenomenon measured in > billions of years rather than mere human-thousands. Of course, I haven't > seen the maths (and mightn't understand them if I did :-), so he could be > pulling the idea out of his proverbial a***. But it does lead one to > wonder... > > Brent > > Martin Baxter <[email protected] <martinbaxter7%40gmail.com>> > writes: > > >To this "genius", Brent, I ask this. > > > >Why, in the entirety of human history, hasn't there been a "bad hair > >day", when gravity kicks out and sends thousands soaring off into space? > > > >Maybe, MAYBE, in a hundred years or so, something may walk in the door to > >support this hare-brained chicanery. I haven't been involved in the > >physics community for close to fifteen years, and it's stuff like this > >that makes me happy that I estranged myself. > > > >On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:41 PM, brent wodehouse <[ > >mailto:[email protected] <brent_wodehouse%40thefence.us> ] > [email protected] <brent_wodehouse%40thefence.us>> wrote: > > > > > > > >Ê > > > > > >Yes. The 'bad hair day' theory of gravity. > > > >'It goes something like this: your hair frizzles in the heat and humidity, > >because there are more ways for your hair to be curled than to be > >straight, and nature likes options. So it takes a force to pull hair > >straight and eliminate natureÕs options. Forget curved space or the spooky > >attraction at a distance described by Isaac NewtonÕs equations well enough > >to let us navigate the rings of Saturn, the force we call gravity is > >simply a byproduct of natureÕs propensity to maximize disorder.' > > > >From: [ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13gravity.html?src=mv > >]http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13gravity.html?src=mv > > > >Brent > > > > > > > > > >[ mailto:martinbaxter7%40gmail.com <martinbaxter7%2540gmail.com> ] > [email protected] <martinbaxter7%40gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >>From: Martin Baxter <[ > >>mailto:martin.baxter.013%40gmail.com<martin.baxter.013%2540gmail.com> > >][email protected] <martin.baxter.013%40gmail.com>> > >>Date: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:54 PM > >>Subject: Eccentric but brilliant physicist claims gravity doesn't exist > >>To: [ mailto:martinbaxter7%40gmail.com <martinbaxter7%2540gmail.com> ] > [email protected] <martinbaxter7%40gmail.com> > >> > >> > >>Even as I post this, I feel compelled to say that this is a post from a > >>new Siffy-powered site and that, IMO, that association renders this and > >>all other things reported that as null and void, being too far divorced > >>from reality... > >> > > >>========================================================================================================== > >> > >>Eccentric but brilliant physicist claims gravity doesn't exist > > > >>Eccentric but brilliant physicist claims gravity doesn't exist > >>Stephen Hawking experiences weightlessness in a jet > >>7Share > >> > >>I know that something is keeping me from floating off as I type away at > >>this keyboard, but thanks to Erik Verlinde, a string theorist and > >>professor of physics at the University of Amsterdam, I no longer know > >>what. But I'm not the only one feeling a little, well, adrift right now. > >> > >>According to an article in the NY Times, "Some of the best physicists in > >>the world say they don't understand Dr. Verlinde's paper." Which makes us > >>feel a little better that we don't either. > >> > >>That paper, "On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton," claims > >>that gravity is an illusion. > >> > >> > >>More at: [ http://blastr.com/2010/07/eccentric-but-brilliant-p.php > >]http://blastr.com/2010/07/eccentric-but-brilliant-p.php > >> > >> > >>-- > >>"Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live." > >> > >>(About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know > >>what is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody > >hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > >[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > >]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
