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Originally posted by adrenochrome
the whole "theory" of reality as a fractal was something i was thinking of on my own the other day... you know, it totally makes sense, to think that there was never a "Big Bang", but instead that reality and the multiverse have ALWAYS existed, because if a Divine Creator exists (and it does), what was he doing before the "Big Bang" in nothingness?
when you learn that time really does NOT exist, and that man only uses it as a reference to help him along the way, then you'll understand that there's only Now, and Now's in a constant state of change, and it is infinite, and always has been, and has existed because it's a gigantic fractal! even before middle-school, i've wondered if there was another universe inside each and every nucleus of an atom... and we're just inside our own universe that's in another nucleus - the fractal theory totally makes perfect sense!!
it's too bad man has to constantly borrow from the past, and borrow from the future, to feel anything in the Now - appreciate Now for what it truly is, and you'll eternally be happy, because all reality is, is just an infinite eternity, and it always has been!!
Originally posted by adrenochrome
reply to post by trace_the_truth
i disagree, because in order for it to be white, there'd have to be many, many particles to reflect the light - think of our atmosphere... also, if you've ever owned a laser pen, then you'll notice that from viewing behind the laser, it looks like one solid line, but if someone's down the street and off to the side of viewing your laser beam, then they're gonna have trouble seeing the beam because the dust particles are spread out from their perspective...
Light Element Abundances predict contradictory densities
The Big bang theory predicts the density of ordinary matter in the universe from the abundance of a few light elements. Yet the density predictions made on the basis of the abundance of deuterium, lithium-7 and helium-4 are in contradiction with each other, and these predictions have grown worse with each new observation. The chance that the theory is right is now less than one in one hundred trillion.
Large-scale Voids are too old
The Big bang theory predicts that no object in the universe can be older than the Big Bang. Yet the large-scale voids observed in the distortion of galaxies cannot have been formed in the time since the Big Bang, without resulting in velocities of present-day galaxies far in excess of those observed. Given the observed velocities, these voids must have taken at least 70 billion years to form, five times as long as the theorized time since the Big Bang.
Too many Hypothetical Entities--Dark Matter and Energy, Inflation
The Big Bang theory requires THREE hypothetical entities--the inflation field, non-baryonic (dark) matter and the dark energy field to overcome gross contradictions of theory and observation. Yet no evidence has ever confirmed the existence of any of these three hypothetical entities. Indeed, there have been many lab experiments over the past 23 years that have searched for non-baryonic matter, all with negative results. Without the hypothetical inflation field, the Big Bang does not predict an isotropic (smooth) cosmic background radiation(CBR). Without non-baryonic matter, the predictions of the theory for the density of matter are in self-contradiction, inflation predicting a density 20 times larger than any predicted by light element abundances (which are in contradiction with each other). Without dark energy, the theory predicts an age of the universe younger than that of many stars in our galaxy.
Originally posted by chiron613
The preponderance of the evidence still supports an expanding Universe. The notion that red shift hs a non-Doppler cause is tenuous at best, requiring considerably more evidence than has been offered.
Originally posted by chiron613
The preponderance of the evidence still supports an expanding Universe. The notion that red shift hs a non-Doppler cause is tenuous at best, requiring considerably more evidence than has been offered.
Among other things, Einstein's original equations required an expanding Universe.
Originally posted by mnemeth1
Actually, it only takes one picture of a high red shift and low red shift object connecting to each other to prove non-doppler red shifts are real.
Originally posted by mnemeth1
WMAP data was recently found to be full of errors due to the way the information taken from the sensors was processed.
This means all findings that support dark matter and energy based on WMAP data are wrong.
Originally posted by mnemeth1
Too many Hypothetical Entities--Dark Matter and Energy, Inflation
The Big Bang theory requires THREE hypothetical entities--the inflation field, non-baryonic (dark) matter and the dark energy field to overcome gross contradictions of theory and observation. Yet no evidence has ever confirmed the existence of any of these three hypothetical entities. Indeed, there have been many lab experiments over the past 23 years that have searched for non-baryonic matter, all with negative results. Without the hypothetical inflation field, the Big Bang does not predict an isotropic (smooth) cosmic background radiation(CBR). Without non-baryonic matter, the predictions of the theory for the density of matter are in self-contradiction, inflation predicting a density 20 times larger than any predicted by light element abundances (which are in contradiction with each other). Without dark energy, the theory predicts an age of the universe younger than that of many stars in our galaxy.
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
Originally posted by mnemeth1
Actually, it only takes one picture of a high red shift and low red shift object connecting to each other to prove non-doppler red shifts are real.
If two objects are gravitationally connected to each other and rotating about each other, isn't this exactly the effect we would expect to see in the big bang model? One object will tend to be moving away from us at a redshift/velocity higher than would be otherwise expected, the other object would tend to be moving away from us at a redshift/velocity lower than would be expected. Therefore the redshift of the two gravitationally connected objects can be different under the big bang model if they are rotating in this fashion. I don't see why you think this is an issue. There are some big holes in the big bang theory, but this isn't one of them.
[edit on 5-7-2009 by Arbitrageur]
Originally posted by Edrick
Uhhh... Redshift is NOT a measurement of distance, and It never has been.
Redshift is a measurement of VELOCITY.
Third line
-Edrick
Originally posted by mnemeth1
We see things such as high red shift objects visibly connected to low red shift objects (impossible if red shift is an indicator of distance). We see quantized red shift, which means the quasars and galaxies around us formed in concentric shells with the earth being the center of the universe (obviously impossible). We also see a lot of evidence refuting things such as gravitational lenses or other supposed phenomena associated with warping space and expanding space. Also, we see quasars grouped around host galaxies in highly improbable configurations. Quasar luminosity and power DOES match the host galaxies they reside around if one ignores red shift as an indicator of distance, further disproving red shift as an indicator of distance.
ALL MODERN COSMOLOGY IS PREDICATED ON THE THEORY OF EXPANDING SPACE AND DOPPLER RED SHIFTS.
If red shift is not an indicator of distance, which I believe has been conclusively demonstrated that it is not by observational evidence, then we can reject the big bang as science and move on to looking at the universe as being steady in state. That is to say, the universe is infinite in size, it is ageless, it is timeless, and no big bang ever occurred. We are simply not privileged to know what caused the universe to exist or when it came into existence, it simply does. We must assume it is infinite in age as it is infinite in size.
Evidence to follow:
Originally posted by mnemeth1
Originally posted by Edrick
Uhhh... Redshift is NOT a measurement of distance, and It never has been.
Redshift is a measurement of VELOCITY.
Third line
-Edrick
This is pedantic argument.
Yes it is a measurement of velocity, however when put into the context of inflationary cosmology it becomes a tool of distance measurement.
I thought I was clear on that in my first post where I explicitly referred to red shift as a measurement of Doppler effects.
I take it your just trolling.