http://milesmathis.com/call.htmlMiles or someone needs to come up with a proposal for a test for his universal expansion.
Nick
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Borut
http://milesmathis.com/call.htmlMiles or someone needs to come up with a proposal for a test for his universal expansion.
Nick
That would seem to be right, but I must stress, I got that expansion theory test from Mark McCutcheon, which is different than Miles expansion theory, but wouldn't this also apply to his expansion too?Siggy_G wrote:
Wouldn't this theory indicate that the gravity measured on a mountain top is higher than at sea level? Actual measurements show the opposite (Earth's slightly squashed shape and Moon's tidal effect aside):
But if gravity were the effect of an "expansion of everything", wouldn't a higher altitude - a wider radius from the Earth's center - inheritable cause more expansion acceleration on the mountain top?
Thanks for that....borut wrote:I've missed this one:
http://milesmathis.com/call.htmlMiles or someone needs to come up with a proposal for a test for his universal expansion.
Nick
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Borut
Not to my knowledge.Thanks for that....
Do we know of any astronomers who might take up this challenge?
The math, although fundamental (and often quite eloquent), is inherently a translation of the fact.note: I have not read all Miles work, I've been more interested in his maths than his expansion theory, I need to understand that before going further.

I like the image and the analogy. But isn't this one of those hypotheses that can't really be falsified? E.g. mulitple Universes; one for each decission, red shift due to expanding spacetime, continental shapes due to Earth growing...seasmith wrote:One might take the progressing fractal image below and imagine it in three spatial dimensions, plus an holographic enfolding at each transition. A simple yet valid example of Expansion / Duration.
I like the image and the analogy. But isn't this one of those hypotheses that can't be falsified?
If Miles is correct, we do not need any test, gravity is acceleration, no illusion.As stated earlier, and from what can be seen on the scaling fractal image - the expansion would appear stronger in the outer regions, compared to the inner. The person may feel the same acceleration at any point (because the mulitplier is the same), but it should be possible to comparativelly measure an offset from a lower altitude to a higher, on the surface of Earth. At least when two reference points move between the altitudes.
Sure, but I was still commenting on the Expanding Matter hypothesis. It must be testable/falsifiable, somehow. Not that gravity is very well explained at all in terms of its actual cause. But... if everything is expanding... wouldn't a light pulse between two planned points result in an offset? While the pulse has travelled through some medium from A to B, the environement has grown a bit, in all directions. Where the light hits will be off set compared to the geometrical (planned out) line of sight.seasmith wrote:S,
It's just an analogy, like a mathematical equation, not a hypotheses.
Good question. Your line of reasoning explains the apparent bending of photons around the sun at an eclipse for instance. In the 8 minutes that the photon travels from the sun to the earth, the surface of the earth expanded, so the photon will be observed at a different location than was expected. Using this method you can calculate the bending with a few lines of algebra, while Einstein needed 40 pages of math to get to the same result with General Relativity.Siggy_G wrote:Sure, but I was still commenting on the Expanding Matter hypothesis. It must be testable/falsifiable, somehow. Not that gravity is very well explained at all in terms of its actual cause. But... if everything is expanding... wouldn't a light pulse between two planned points result in an offset? While the pulse has travelled through some medium from A to B, the environement has grown a bit, in all directions. Where the light hits will be off set compared to the geometrical (planned out) line of sight.seasmith wrote:S,
It's just an analogy, like a mathematical equation, not a hypotheses.
The relative sizes and distances of objects all remain proportionally the same. Only when the travel of photons is involved you will discover abberations wrt. to a hypothetical straigh line. I think using expansion theory one can show that distant stars are at very different locations than expected because of this.Siggy_G wrote: A satelite orbiting Earth... If Earth and the satelite both grows, wouldn't that be visually noticable? Or planets for that matter. Surely, space and matter must be expanding differently, due to their density difference. So things should appear to grow. Or what is the reasoning for everything expanding?
Sure it is testable. Push a piece of matter, it will push back. Where does that force come from?Siggy_G wrote: Also, expanding matter hypothesis (not "theory", since it's not testable/falsifiable/empirically supported) contradicts what both mainstream and EU so far knows about atomic structures, electron shells, strong (atomic) force and so forth. I'm just not convinced...
I still find it odd... I will read more into it, but so far it places itself in the same shelf as the other theories, that don't really explain the causes, just very accuratelly the effects. I look forward to see what Wall Thornhill's investigation on the gravity subject is, and I'm more biased towards EM causes for gravity.StevenO wrote:Expansion theory is just the simplest explanation for gravity, so I think it has preference over other theories (like curved space or forces at a distance).
What is felt, is my own attempt to transfer kinetic energy to the other object. Any elastic molecular structures will need to be compressed to the point where its rigid enough to continue the kinetic energy transfer more directly. If there was no inertia, or no felt "counter force", I haven't transfered any energy, just used the energy individually needed to, say, straighten out my arm. Friction (as I see it: many tiny angular surfaces opposing the direction of movement) is another factor for a felt counter force in most cases.StevenO wrote:Sure it is testable. Push a piece of matter, it will push back. Where does that force come from?
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