Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-08 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, For the first part of my answer to the question of in what sense might space be absolute see my new topic post on 'Newton's Bucket and Mach's Principle'.. Edgar On Friday, February 7, 2014 9:57:32 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: On 8 February 2014 15:45, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote:

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-08 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, and Liz, We have to be careful in our choice of words here. It is quite clear that e.g. during relative motion of frames A and B, that each sees the other's clock running slower. So the two frames DO NOT give the same results here. However when one twin returns with a different clock

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-08 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, February 8, 2014 3:36:08 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, and Liz, We have to be careful in our choice of words here. It is quite clear that e.g. during relative motion of frames A and B, that each sees the other's clock running slower. So the two frames DO NOT give the

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-08 Thread LizR
On 9 February 2014 04:36, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Brent, and Liz, We have to be careful in our choice of words here. It is quite clear that e.g. during relative motion of frames A and B, that each sees the other's clock running slower. So the two frames DO NOT give the same

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Monday, February 3, 2014 6:27:14 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/2/2014 10:12 PM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Namely that however you jig it, there's still going to be huge spacetime distortion representing the sun and a tiny one representing the earth, which - I thought - had to

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:36:02 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, and anyone else since Brent is not answering my more difficult questions, Take this example: Consider A on the earth and B in geosynchronous orbit directly overhead. By definition there is NO relative motion

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Ghibbsa, I'm not sure that works because it assumes there is an absolute space background (sort of like the aether) defined by the NON-rotating center of the earth. Why would that be the case? In other words what is that hell of a lot faster motion relative too, and why do we choose that frame

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:04:42 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, I'm not sure that works because it assumes there is an absolute space background (sort of like the aether) defined by the NON-rotating center of the earth. Why would that be the case? In other words what is that

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread meekerdb
On 2/7/2014 1:37 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, February 3, 2014 6:27:14 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/2/2014 10:12 PM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Namely that however you jig it, there's still going to be huge spacetime distortion representing the sun and a tiny one

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, February 7, 2014 9:37:17 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, February 3, 2014 6:27:14 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/2/2014 10:12 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: Namely that however you jig it, there's still going to be huge spacetime distortion representing the sun and a

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Ghibbsa, Well yes, basically that's it. The question I have is why we have to choose one frame over the other to get the correct results. Edgar On Friday, February 7, 2014 5:17:41 PM UTC-5, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:04:42 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote:

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:30:06 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/7/2014 1:37 PM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Monday, February 3, 2014 6:27:14 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/2/2014 10:12 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: Namely that however you jig it, there's still going to be huge

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread meekerdb
On 2/7/2014 2:45 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:30:06 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/7/2014 1:37 PM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Monday, February 3, 2014 6:27:14 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/2/2014 10:12 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:34:50 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, Well yes, basically that's it. The question I have is why we have to choose one frame over the other to get the correct results. Edgar I see what you are asking, or think so. But unfortunately it goes beyond

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread meekerdb
On 2/7/2014 5:53 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:34:50 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, Well yes, basically that's it. The question I have is why we have to choose one frame over the other to get the correct results. You don't. But in almost

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, February 8, 2014 12:44:30 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/7/2014 2:45 PM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:30:06 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/7/2014 1:37 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, February 3, 2014 6:27:14 AM UTC, Brent wrote:

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, February 8, 2014 2:43:37 AM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, February 8, 2014 12:44:30 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/7/2014 2:45 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:30:06 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/7/2014 1:37 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread LizR
On 8 February 2014 15:45, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: but can you throw the relative character out of the window, and speak of an 'absolute landscape' implied by relativity theory that is made up of all the gravity wells, that definitely suggests a 'reality' that goes beyond the principle of

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread meekerdb
On 2/7/2014 6:43 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, February 8, 2014 12:44:30 AM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/7/2014 2:45 PM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:30:06 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/7/2014 1:37 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-07 Thread LizR
One could consider the rest frame of the CMBR as an absolute landscape I suppose. One over which the Earth is hurtling at some rate, iirc. On 8 February 2014 16:28, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 2/7/2014 6:43 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, February 8, 2014 12:44:30 AM

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, and anyone else since Brent is not answering my more difficult questions, Take this example: Consider A on the earth and B in geosynchronous orbit directly overhead. By definition there is NO relative motion whatsoever. Nevertheless A's clock runs slower than B's and both A and B

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-05 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Correct. Yes, plenty of things are not relative. And any notion of a cosmological spacetime is just a useful approximation. Penrose's 'Road to Reality' points out that properly speaking all dimensional world views exist as observer centered individual 'manifolds', and these are not

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-03 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, First thanks for recommending Epstein's book Relativity Visualized. It turns out though that I seem to have independently invented 'Epstein diagrams' myself since I use them both in my book and in my 1997 paper. However I always thought the concept was obvious and never even thought of

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, February 1, 2014 6:21:41 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Edgar L. Owen edga...@att.netjavascript: wrote: Jesse, Yes, that being at the same point in spacetime is CALLED the present moment that I'm talking about. But your present moment goes

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:13 AM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: Jesse - if the assumption is a fundamental geometry akin to the surface of a world, and if the speed of light is constant, then you could draw dots around that world for exact intervals of the speed of light, in which case the light

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread meekerdb
On 2/2/2014 4:13 AM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: Jesse - if the assumption is a fundamental geometry akin to the surface of a world, and if the speed of light is constant, then you could draw dots around that world for exact intervals of the speed of light, in which case the light arrives at each

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, February 2, 2014 3:45:24 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:13 AM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Jesse - if the assumption is a fundamental geometry akin to the surface of a world, and if the speed of light is constant, then you could draw dots around that

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread meekerdb
On 2/2/2014 12:44 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 3:45:24 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:13 AM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Jesse - if the assumption is a fundamental geometry akin to the surface of a world, and if the

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, February 2, 2014 8:44:07 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 3:45:24 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:13 AM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: Jesse - if the assumption is a fundamental geometry akin to the surface of a world, and if the speed

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, February 2, 2014 9:16:09 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/2/2014 12:44 PM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 3:45:24 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:13 AM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: Jesse - if the assumption is a fundamental geometry

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 5:13 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 8:44:07 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 3:45:24 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:13 AM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: Jesse - if the assumption is a fundamental

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread meekerdb
On 2/2/2014 3:17 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 9:16:09 PM UTC, Brent wrote: On 2/2/2014 12:44 PM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 3:45:24 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:13 AM, ghi...@gmail.com

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Sunday, February 2, 2014 11:32:26 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 5:13 PM, ghi...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 8:44:07 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 3:45:24 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:13

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Monday, February 3, 2014 5:38:59 AM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 11:32:26 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 5:13 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 8:44:07 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread ghibbsa
On Monday, February 3, 2014 6:12:18 AM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, February 3, 2014 5:38:59 AM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 11:32:26 PM UTC, jessem wrote: On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 5:13 PM, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday, February 2, 2014

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-02 Thread meekerdb
On 2/2/2014 10:12 PM, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: Namely that however you jig it, there's still going to be huge spacetime distortion representing the sun and a tiny one representing the earth, which - I thought - had to bias the objectively true relation between the sun and the earth for the

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread ghibbsa
On Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:35:49 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Dear Ghibbsa, Thanks for stepping in. And quite pleased to see you accept the obvious fact that the twins DO share a common p-time present moment with different clock times. , There are major distinctions between

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Ghibbsa, I'm wondering why you'd want to suddenly change the subject from time to a rather rambling post on epistemology? Perhaps you were afraid you might be coming close to agreeing with me on a present moment and afraid of the public consequences of that here on this group? I agree you'd

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:00:16 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, I'm wondering why you'd want to suddenly change the subject from time to a rather rambling post on epistemology? I don't see it as epistemology save in the most literal sense of the word with no baggage allowed.

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, February 1, 2014 3:53:06 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:00:16 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, I'm wondering why you'd want to suddenly change the subject from time to a rather rambling post on epistemology? I don't see it as

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: And of course it is OBVIOUS that the twins share a common present moment when they compare clocks. Otherwise they couldn't compare clocks now could they? The fact that they can compare clocks, and agree for example that

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Jesse Mazer laserma...@gmail.com wrote: The fact that they can compare clocks, and agree for example that twin A's turning 30 coincides with twin B's turning 40, is because they are making the comparison at the same point in spacetime (assuming ideal

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Ghibbsa, Boy, you are really taking some giant leaps here! Just because I point out that a local present moment is obvious IN NO WAY is a claim that that insight is original with me! That's a crazy inference. The fact is that 99.999% of everyone on earth throughout history has had the same

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Yes, that being at the same point in spacetime is CALLED the present moment that I'm talking about. You are probably repeating the claim that 'coordinate time' falsifies p-time. It doesn't. Coordinate time is an attempt to explain the obvious problems with clock time not actually

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Quentin Anciaux
You're so a joke... cannot doubt your own genius eh ! 2014-02-01 Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net: Jesse, Yes, that being at the same point in spacetime is CALLED the present moment that I'm talking about. You are probably repeating the claim that 'coordinate time' falsifies p-time. It

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, February 1, 2014 5:13:29 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, Boy, you are really taking some giant leaps here! Just because I point out that a local present moment is obvious IN NO WAY is a claim that that insight is original with me! That's a crazy inference. The fact is

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Perhaps i could understand better what you are saying if you could kindly explain in detail step by step a COORDINATE time analysis of how the twins start at the SAME point in spacetime and end up at the SAME point in spacetime but with different clock times. And please describe what

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, Yes, that being at the same point in spacetime is CALLED the present moment that I'm talking about. But your present moment goes beyond that and says that there is an objective common present moment for events

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Not correct. My present moment does NOT say that there is an objective common present moment for events that are *not* at the same point in spaceTIME (my emphasis). My theory says that there is a common universal present moment shared by all points in SPACE, not spaceTIME. Because

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, Not correct. My present moment does NOT say that there is an objective common present moment for events that are *not* at the same point in spaceTIME (my emphasis). My theory says that there is a common universal

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 01 Feb 2014, at 18:13, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, Boy, you are really taking some giant leaps here! Just because I point out that a local present moment is obvious IN NO WAY is a claim that that insight is original with me! That's a crazy inference. The fact is that 99.999% of

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, No, it's not just semantics. It's my definition of the present moment. You claim the present moment means something else, but then you don't even believe there IS a present moment which seems a little strange! But be that as it may. The example you give is just standard relativity

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, PS: If coordinate time is just saying that when the twins meet up again they are actually at the SAME point in spacetime, but we don't know (can't agree) what clock time that corresponds to then I agree completely. That is exactly what my theory says and what I've always said. I just

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, PS: If coordinate time is just saying that when the twins meet up again they are actually at the SAME point in spacetime, but we don't know (can't agree) what clock time that corresponds to then I agree completely.

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, You already told us that the twins ARE at the same point in spacetime when they meet up again. Is that not an OBJECTIVE fact? Do we not actually KNOW that? The twins most certainly DO KNOW it because they can shake hands and look at each other's clocks at the same time. How can you

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 03:46:37PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: c. Therefore during the trip there must always be a one to one correspondence between those actual present moments even though the clock times are not in synch. Because they both begin and end in that present moment and never

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, You said it was just a label that seemed to imply otherwise, but I'm glad we agree it is an objective knowable fact that the twins meet in an ACTUAL same point in both time and space even with different clock times. That's what I've always exactly said the present moment was. By actual

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Russell, Sorry, but you miss my argument. The 1:1 correspondence is between actual or present moment time, not clock time. Please refer to my proximate responses to Jesse for the details of the argument. Edgar On Saturday, February 1, 2014 8:21:48 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: On Sat,

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Consider another case: Consider every observer in the entire universe. Every one of them is always currently in their own local actual time, their present moment. Now consider every last one of them all travel to meet up on earth. Every last one of them continually brings their own

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread LizR
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Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, Consider another case: Consider every observer in the entire universe. Every one of them is always currently in their own local actual time, their present moment. Are you just asserting your presentist views,

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-02-01 Thread Russell Standish
On Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 05:36:42PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, Sorry, but you miss my argument. The 1:1 correspondence is between actual or present moment time, not clock time. Please refer to my proximate responses to Jesse for the details of the argument. Edgar The only

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
that old 'explanation' of mine) about your Dark Matter theory which I don't think you understood (my bad, I probably didn't say it clearly) was about the part of ordinary gravity in the picture. You've responded by saying we already know that ordinary gravity cannot explain Dark Matter

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Dear Ghibbsa, Thanks for stepping in. And quite pleased to see you accept the obvious fact that the twins DO share a common p-time present moment with different clock times. OK, so it is agreed that there is a shared LOCAL p-time present moment, but, as you note, we still need to prove there

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
to conjure up.because everything about them is so easy to vary (to borrow a good idea from Deutsch) By the way Edgar, one thing I was saying (before mentioning that old 'explanation' of mine) about your Dark Matter theory which I don't think you understood (my bad, I probably didn't say

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Richard Ruquist
Edgar, Please specify the mathematical relationship between p-time and coordinate time. Richard On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Dear Ghibbsa, Thanks for stepping in. And quite pleased to see you accept the obvious fact that the twins DO share a

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Ghibbsa, PS: And note that we actually visually confirm the present moment of p-time cosmological geometry because we actually DO SEE all 4-dimensions of our universe all the time. We actually see the 3 dimensions of space as 3 orthogonal dimensions in the present moment of p-time, and then we

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
mentioning that old 'explanation' of mine) about your Dark Matter theory which I don't think you understood (my bad, I probably didn't say it clearly) was about the part of ordinary gravity in the picture. You've responded by saying we already know that ordinary gravity cannot explain Dark

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Richard, I've already answered this same questions on multiple occasions. There isn't any direct mathematical relationship so far as I can see though we should be able to compute p-time from Omega, the curvature of the universe. P-time is prior to measure because it is the presence of the

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread LizR
On 31 January 2014 04:03, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Richard, I've already answered this same questions on multiple occasions. :-) There isn't any direct mathematical relationship so far as I can see though we should be able to compute p-time from Omega, the curvature of the

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, Good question. Give me the formula to get the radius of a 4-dimensional hypersphere from the curvature and I'll tell you. I asked for this already and Brent gave me a formula that seems to make some extraneous assumptions. The problem is that Omega doesn't simply seem to be the curvature

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Jesse Mazer
Edgar, if Omega=1 the universe wouldn't have the geometry of a hypersphere, 3D space would be flat--it would be more like a hyperplane. Only if Omega is greater than 1 would it have the positive curvature of a hypersphere (and if Omega is less than 1 space would have a hyperbolic geometry with

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread LizR
Omega=1 (to within 0.4%) which means the universe is very close to flat (or even hyperflat). This is what would be predicted by inflation (which is just as well, because I believe inflation was invented specifically to solve the flatness problem !) If one treats the universe as having uniformly

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, Your first paragraph is correct. My theory, or at least this part of the theory, makes the prediction that the universe is a 4-dimensional hypersphere with p-time its radial dimension, i.e. that Omega is very slightly 1. See my previous post of today in response to Ghibssa for

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Liz, In my theory one possible explanation of inflation could be an initial vast difference in the rates of p-time and clock time. I'm not saying that is the only explanation but it is a consistent one in my theory. Thus it is meaningful to derive the radius of my proposed 4-dimensional

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-30 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, Your first paragraph is correct. My theory, or at least this part of the theory, makes the prediction that the universe is a 4-dimensional hypersphere with p-time its radial dimension, i.e. that Omega is very

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-29 Thread ghibbsa
) By the way Edgar, one thing I was saying (before mentioning that old 'explanation' of mine) about your Dark Matter theory which I don't think you understood (my bad, I probably didn't say it clearly) was about the part of ordinary gravity in the picture. You've responded by saying we already know

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-29 Thread ghibbsa
On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:17:56 AM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, But the twins DO AGREE on whose clock ran slower. So I don't see your point if you use the twins as evidence... Edgar It may be a bad idea stepping in here, because I would rate my knowledge of Relativity

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-29 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Brent, But the twins DO AGREE on whose clock ran slower. So I don't see your point if you use the twins as evidence... Edgar Edgar, can you please answer my question about whether, when you talk about one clock

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-29 Thread meekerdb
On 1/28/2014 4:19 PM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, PS: If geometry doesn't make clocks slow then what does? Edgar NOTHING! That's the whole point of idealized clocks. The clocks measure proper time and proper time is different because the metric is different. General relativity is a

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, Let me ask you some questions to clarify what you are saying here... To make it simpler assume two observers, A and B. A is stationary on the surface of a hugely massive planet. Now B plummets past him in free fall. Consider the situation as B passes A just before he hits the ground. I

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, But the twins DO AGREE on whose clock ran slower. So I don't see your point if you use the twins as evidence... Edgar On Monday, January 27, 2014 3:27:54 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 1/27/2014 7:48 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Jesse, First this doesn't have anything to do with

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-28 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent, PS: If geometry doesn't make clocks slow then what does? Edgar On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:17:56 PM UTC-5, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, But the twins DO AGREE on whose clock ran slower. So I don't see your point if you use the twins as evidence... Edgar On Monday, January

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Brent and Liz, It seems to me that the whole notion of the elephant being in two places at the SAME TIME presupposes a common present moment. Surely Liz and SA didn't mean that? That would be agreeing with Edgar's present moment of p-time! Remember that this elephant is in different moments of

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread ghibbsa
`` On Monday, January 27, 2014 3:28:47 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:09:40 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, The effect of the gravity gradient you keep mentioning is well known NOT to account for the dark matter effect. The fact that it

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Jesse, First this doesn't have anything to do with present moment theory, only with standard physics. 2nd, hopefully it's just a matter of you using different semantics than me as to what is meant by absolute and relative. I'll explain once more. In the case of time dilation effects caused by

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Hi Jesse, Sorry if I misunderstood you and for the dismissive comment I apparently misread your comments... As for your other comments in this post. The slowing of the clock in a gravity well is an absolute

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread ghibbsa
On Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:09:40 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, The effect of the gravity gradient you keep mentioning is well known NOT to account for the dark matter effect. The fact that it doesn't is why dark matter was postulated in the first place. So I don't see that

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Ghibbsa, I'm sorry to say I don't follow your alternative gravity effect here and see no source for the effect and thus it seems entirely speculative to me. I'd need some evidence that there was something reasonable that might produce it OR that it would account well for dark matter. In any

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, First this doesn't have anything to do with present moment theory, only with standard physics. 2nd, hopefully it's just a matter of you using different semantics than me as to what is meant by absolute and

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread ghibbsa
On Monday, January 27, 2014 4:12:00 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, I'm sorry to say I don't follow your alternative gravity effect here and see no source for the effect and thus it seems entirely speculative to me. I'd need some evidence that there was something reasonable that

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread meekerdb
On 1/27/2014 5:22 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, I don't think my statement is confused. Your response is ambiguous because it doesn't specify frames of reference correctly. The object's clock DOES tick slower according to the external observer's clock, but obviously not by the object's

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread meekerdb
On 1/27/2014 7:48 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Jesse, First this doesn't have anything to do with present moment theory, only with standard physics. 2nd, hopefully it's just a matter of you using different semantics than me as to what is meant by absolute and relative. I'll explain once more.

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-27 Thread ghibbsa
On Monday, January 27, 2014 5:34:04 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, January 27, 2014 4:12:00 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Ghibbsa, I'm sorry to say I don't follow your alternative gravity effect here and see no source for the effect and thus it seems entirely speculative to

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-26 Thread Edgar L. Owen
OK, time for THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION of how gravity can escape from a black hole Liz, Brent, and Richard, OK, nobody got the answer so I'll explain it myself. It's pretty simple but still pretty profound and thought provoking Gravity IS what needs to be escaped. So it doesn't even

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-26 Thread Richard Ruquist
Edgar, Electric fields also come out if the BH singularity has a charge. Richard On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: OK, time for THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION of how gravity can escape from a black hole Liz, Brent, and Richard, OK, nobody got the

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-26 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 12:02 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 1/25/2014 5:29 AM, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Brent, We have to be careful to be precisely accurate here. 1. The structure of a black hole is

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-26 Thread Richard Ruquist
Jesse, Please excuse my simple-minded model: Electric fields also come out if the BH singularity has a charge. Richard On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Jesse Mazer laserma...@gmail.com wrote: According to general relativity, neither gravity nor electric fields actually come out of the black

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-26 Thread Jesse Mazer
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Edgar L. Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote: Jesse, No. First you have a basic misunderstanding of relativistic time in your first paragraph. External observers DO see objects fall through the event horizon of a black hole with no problem at all. They don't get

Re: A theory of dark matter...

2014-01-26 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Richard, Well, electric charges can theoretically come out of a black hole, just NOT the singularity in particular as you suggested. Nobody actually knows what happens in the singularity itself, or at least there is no consensus. I made one suggestion with reference to a bouncing universe and

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