Speculations

Question : What are the coordinate vectors responsible for the earth; to spin?.

My latest thought experiment. What is the difference between a wave and a particle, if not just the scale at which they are measured and calculated. That is to suggest that if the double slits were big enough for the wave to pass through, wouldn't we measure and perceive a particle? If the slits were smaller than the electron wouldn't we perceive a wave? My latest speculative thoughts suggest that scale is relative to the electromagnetic atmosphere that particles travel through. And that waves travel more efficiently through the space than particles because they do not require velocity, and/or acceleration time dilation and particles do. The theory, a) Waves …

"Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a far-away galaxy . . . " Observers calculated that in just a few lifetimes the migrating orbits of two of the plainly-visible planets would bring the actual planets close enough so that the gravity/tidal/proximity effects would be worth watching. So they watched. Very patiently. Naturally they did other things, but they kept this on their calendars. Sure enough, at the predicted time, the orbits were perturbed the predicted perturbations, and the predicted encounter came to pass. Within a few heartbeats of the predicted time, allowing for the light to travel from the event to the Observers, one of the planets began visib…

And I'm sure that same motor will be much more difficult to start after standing still for 5 years in adverse weather conditions, poor starting due to seizing of bearings etc. Motors run in journals, lubricated or self lubricated. These are designed to be self optimising under running conditions, but gravity etc will redistribute the lubricant I see no difficulty with a short period after stopping where the bearing remains close to the optimum.

I am working on a science fiction universe but I didn't want it to be all vague about humanity's progress, I wanted a specific plausible scenario. This is what I came up with: I am calling the plan, Jumpstart the Economy. I took that GDP Per Capita for the United States and estimated that if everyone in the world lived a quality of life similar to Americans, that the world GDP would be around 370 trillion dollars. Currently it is only 75 trillion dollars. That is a huge potential for growth. I think we would eventually achieve it without changing anything but I want to accelerate the process. I was thinking if all the "first world" nations got together and created…

Recently Pluto became a dwarf planet, based on whether it has cleared other matter from the neighborhood of its orbit. Masses too small to be nearly spherical are asteroids, comets or smaller stuff. It seems to me a related naming convention, to signify spherical or not, would communicate important info similar to the dwarf planet title. I believe it will be more important as extremely large telescopes see light; they are likely to find moons.

Many people have questions in regards to what consciousness is and what role it plays. I think a good way to answer one of these questions is by seeing how the brain responds in regards to consciousness. What I mean by this is asking people questions. For example, many altruistic people would be willing to give up their own consciousness and become biological machines if it meant helping others out more in life and accomplishing other selfless endeavors to a higher degree. However, if you were to ask a self-centered individual if he/she would be willing to give up his/her own consciousness if it meant him/her getting more of what he/she wanted in life whether it be po…

Optical doppler shift should help indicate if c is NOT constant. Hasn't light's speed value been recorded differently throughout the years (decades) (e.g. CRC HoP&C=Handbook of Physics & Chemistry)? 1. But at St Andrew's University: Professor Bonnell's astronomy students (were given a task, that) measured a "semi_anual" doppler_shift of star light. Explaination: (overview) http://supportto.michelsonexperiment.com Bonnell's task sheet: (4 pages) https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~bds2/ltsn/planetary.rtf Anti_Thesis: 2. Maxwell predicted Michelson experiments would fail, because the (2 bidirectional) delays would m…

Hi Scienceforumers, The international community have spent trillions and trillions of dollars in aid to Africa in programs designed to alleviate poverty however Africa still lags behind most countries in a variety of measures. Corruption, disease, social injustice, poverty and many other issues are at the forefront for many African communities today. Researchers have spent some time studying the DNA of Africans and have concluded that many Africans have a predisposition to a variety of genetic diseases such as sickle-cell anaemia on top of many others. Studies of African-Americans in the USA have also shown that having an African background can increase the likeli…

Abstract of the paper "Pi an Golden Number: not random occurrences of the ten digits". Number Pi and the Golden Section as well as the inverse of these numbers are made up of a series of apparently random decimal places. This paper is on the occurrence order of the 10 digits of decimal system in these fundamental mathematic numbers. It is in fact that the ten digits of decimal system does not appear randomly in the sequence of Pi and in Golden Section. Also, same phenomena operate in many other constants of which the square roots of numbers 2, 3 and 5, the first three prime numbers. 1. Introduction. The number Pi (p) and the Golden Number (φ) and the inverse o…

There is no such (physical) thing as a zero mass particle, because that (so called) thing is a figment of your imagination (=fantasy, science_friction)! A photon has mass (no matter how small it is) because it has momentum mom=m*v. If a particle does NOT have mass (at all) then it does NOT exist, & is only a virtual (hypothetical) point (created by you, as a man_made fantasy) (with zero dimensions). (Otherwise we could call it (at least) a phenomena because it is happening with real (physical) mass.) Any wave, is carried by a (massive) medium (=mass), so mass must be involved. What makes you think otherwise? (Massl…

If our universe is in orbit around something, what would the evidence look like ? If the orbit were irregular ? If it was spinning/rotating ?

I'm going to put this here in Speculations from the get-go, because it always seem to lead into some "uncertain" areas. I've been browsing here for a couple of days now, and I feel like there are quite a few very well-informed and talented people here. This is a topic I've been thinking about for years, and I'd be ever so happy if someone can bring me something new to ponder. First of all, let me say what I am not trying to do with this post. I am in no way trying to back-door my way into a religious assertion. I'm pointing this out because I think some people do use this general topic with an eye toward doing that. I am of the opinion that our "minds" involve so…

I was initially a bit disturbed by having my earlier post moved to "speculations" as I made no speculations whatsoever. But, on thinking about the issue I guess I made one serious speculation. That would be that there were people on this forum capable of thinking. Have fun -- DoctorDick

There is one issue pretty well overlooked by the scientific community. That would be the issue of control by the scientific community itself. I have a Ph.D. in theoretical physics achieved in 1971. I went into theoretical physics because I wanted to understand the universe. As a graduate student, I had a bad habit of reading too much. Every time some professor required us to read a journal article relevant to his work (and some referred to work published back in the times hundreds of years ago), I had the habit of reading the specific journal from cover to cover. I can't say I read every journal in Vanderbilt's library but I certainly read most of them. At any rate, r…

Relativity question: When you make rope waves, the rope doesn't go much of anywhere but the waves do. When you make sound waves, the particles of air don't go much of anywhere, but the waves do. Is it possible that even tho light "waves" move right along at c, the photons are not going much of anywhere, or are maybe even [ G A S P ! ] vibrating in place? (Blasphemy! Heresy! I didn't say that.) Worse! Would that make the array of photons in space be [ S H U D D E R ! ] the Aether?! (I didn't say that, either. Um, the devil made me say it.) Tie me up, men! I can feel another fit coming on. Give me a minute and maybe I can work P…

I'd like to make a formal apology for the confusion (I had) with work. I used books from the 1950's (used in German technical colleges) & other authors from 1990's using the same (wrong) concept which did NOT use the g factor with mass m (partly to do with SI convention usage (weight dropped, for mass) & partly not). (James) Watt's (work) concept of pounds (=weight) yards, per second is (quite) acceptable. My "Work" (word usage) in the COW thread should be replaced by "wark" (to distinguish it as "moma" (average momentum)); except for "work's energy" which is standard physics "work".

I do not believe in Time Travel. Can some one help. Photons of light compress the space in front of them and stretch it behind them causing waves, the double slit experiment works with both electrons and photons, the effect in space is therefore the same. The track of photons in a gravitational field is bent by gravity (the stretching of space) An electron orbiting an atom in a radioactive clock will be affected by its movement in a gravitational field, as will any photons emitted. Can time displacement not more correctly be explained by instrumentation error? If not why not? Is time dilation and time travel not like the kings new clothes. Just because ev…

Retro causality phenomenon: Continuous Motion can only be achieve with the understanding of the law of Relativity as stated by ? ~no preference frame ; and i explain. On Earth the probleme is that the Earth has more mass than the opposite force ,,,generated from the mechanism of the machine so, its unthinkable to use the Earth as a frame because the earth would have to spin with the other frame, the green frame witch is needed to create an opposite force witch is necessary to achieve continuous motion on earth So!~ what i did ; i have replaced the Earth by creating the blue frame and ''pinned'' the blue axis ,witch I called the world axis but free to rotate at its base …

link removed Click on Continuous dynamic motion for the information. Continuous Motion can only be achieve with the understanding of the law of Relativity as stated by ? ~no preference frame ; and i explain. On Earth the probleme is that the Earth has more mass than the opposite force ,,,generated from the mechanism of the machine so, its unthinkable to use the Earth as a frame because the earth would have to spin with the other frame, the green frame witch is needed to create an opposite force witch is necessary to achieve continuous motion on earth So!~ what i did ; i have replaced the Earth by creating the blue frame and ''pinned'' the blue axis …

2 space ships leave each other at light speed c. What are their length contractions & time dilations? (E.g. wrt to earth, each is travelling c/2.)

I have been thinking on semi/super conductor elements/compounds and processes, I know there is a lot I do not understand, but would like to ask the odd question, My first, which will help me refine/dismiss a few ideas, Is about the effect of magnetic fields, and whether they do or could play a part in what temperature a element/compound has to be cooled to? or the amount of pressure needed to phase change? I ask this has a believe rightly or wrongly that magnetic fields alter the electrons orbital, either slowing/speeding up, or altering its radius, Take for instance 2d Boron, which is only a atom thickness, but would have to be cooled to 10-20 Kelvin, Would …

Hello you all! Models for the hydrogen atom and hydrogen-like often tell that the relativistic correction acts on the electron's mass as a consequence of the kinetic energy. Though, the kinetic energy equals half the (negative) electrostatic energy, so if the electron carried half of the electrostatic energy, the effect would cancel out the kinetic energy. What do you think? To check that, I took the energy of last ionisation for varied elements so the relativistic effect varies, there http://www.webelements.com/hydrogen/atoms.html hoping the data is measured and accurate enough, since the effect is at most 1%, and tinkered a spreadsheet RelativisticHydrogen.zip (expand…

I have made research from experimentation in mechanic and the result is !~ Every frame that belong to the same axis; time is the same.../ 2 frames that belong to a different Axis ../ time is different .

Dear All Thanks for the excellent support which I have got from you. Now I have much better visibility on the BBT. It is clear to me that the science community takes the BBT as the only feasible solution for our Universe. Therefore, a BBT filter applies on any evidence or idea. This is a severe mistake. Our Universe is infinite in its age and in its size. The Big bang is needed to set only the first SMBH in the whole Universe. Once it is there, by using Higgs Boson, Newton gravity and velocity momentum in space, I can explain every phenomenon in our Universe, so simple and clear. There is no need for acceleration expansion, infl…