Dean,
You keep rejecting Newton and that is your
privilege to do. It is not that I find total definition
in Newton but you keep being excited about a theory
of gravity that has no equations or formulas in it
whatsoever (from everything I have been told).
As to the effects of inert matter, what causes
space dust and small asteroids and comets to orbit
the Sun. Surely this space dust is INERT, is it not?
I believe that you are under a slight misconception.
Simply because something is considered to be "inert",
doesn't mean that there might not be some form of
electromagnetic flux of field radiation to the atoms
themselves. Can scientists get a reading on the strong
and weak nuclear forces in atoms? These are declared
to be extremely powerful forces at work, most likely
in perfect balance, and because of this, they are not
either available to tap energy from or be detected by
our scientific instruments. Gravity to my knowledge
is not yet so well understood that we can generate it
at will. If that were so, we could create artificial gravity
just like we now can produce artificial diamonds. To
suggest that our current level of technological understanding
is complete enough to deem some atoms "inert" is
... premature.
You see Dean, for me science is a sort of payoff.
When a theory or formula of science is acceptable to be
regarded as truth, as you seem to be on the verge of doing
for Mr. Cater, it SHOULD represent not only a theory
that is logical to the intellect but within itself provide the
tools that will prove its legitimacy. How can a theory be
considered as legitimate science if you cannot measure
something accurately with it? That is the scientific method.
I would switch tracks in a heartbeat if someone introduced
me to a formula that could be considered part and parcel
of something SCIENTIFIC! Despite some annoyances in
the Newtonian gravity theory, it still is the best game in town.
You stated yourself that Mr. Cater had some math when
dealing with the tides but not really much for raw gravity
itself. (words to that effect)
Some of the problems with Newton stem I believe
from errors in the assumptions that preceded the application
of his formulas. The moon is a great example. They applied
Newtons formulas to the moon and equal-gravisphere between
it and the Earth and arrived at an answer that was woefully
wrong. Is this a nail in the Newton casket? I hesitate to
say it is due to other science that preceded it. They first
conceived of the mass ratio between the Earth and the Moon
using the barrycenter. This was discovered by two astronomers
and it led to the 1 part in 82.3 mass ratio of Moon to Earth.
A couple years ago I quizzed the guys at the AOL student
help service about it. They insisted that if the moon was
moved further away from the Earth, the barrycenter would
move to the surface. They reason that it is likened to a ratio
of weight on a scale and that using the laws of a fulcrum point
(mass times distance) one can know where the barrycenter
would be at. I find their logic totally wrong! Due in part to
this fallacious comparison between leverage and gravitational
inverse square laws, I find their whole basis for the moon mass
to be suspect. ( If you consider leverage, it is distance times
weight. So at ever greater distances, leverage increases. Gravity
on the other hand decreases with distance. Not only by
the ratio of distance but by it's inverse squaring. That is why
I discount the attempt to disprove Newton with Moon examples.
There is a certain logic to practically everything in science today,
but if the underlying logic is not a sound foundation itself, any
principles constructed on the upper part of the pyramid of
knowledge ought to share the same shaky footing.
I like to measure things! I marvel at how you can
regard a theory of gravity with such esteem which provides
no ruler of measurement. If Newton's formulas are fit for
the trash bin, it leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth
because I have invested a lot of imagination and concerted
effort at solving problems with the hollow earth theory,
gravity or whatever by applying the tools we have at hand
to achieve what can be regarded as scientifically based
explanations for our world and our theories.
You state that you have given up "equating gravitational
force with the quantity of inert matter". I have come probably
closer than any previous hollow earther in trying to DETAIL
just what does cause the plumbobs to diverge. In using
Newton's "stuff", I have erased some of the mystery which
is doing more than just theorizing. Hard data and scientific
procedure is not easy to argue against and discount. Anyone
can merely suppose this or suppose that and pat oneself on
the back about how clever one is. That isn't good enough.
I came off sort of critical of the Dean and Matthew
Taylor book "The Land of No Horizon". They have come
up with some wonderfully insightful logical theories as to
what happened to cause the Earth to become hollow. I
give them high praise for their efforts to advance our theory.
It is a daunting task they undertook to account for the
formation of the Earth. Unfortunately, what I find missing in
their ideas and in their book is a scientific proof that supports
their theory. It is easy for establishment science to nay say
our hollow planet theory when one presents weak science
theory. They are able, if inclined, to cut ones theory to ribbons.
It pains me that they did not include some attempt to
scientifically and mathematically prove their theory tenable.
I was able, using the establishments scientific techniques to
disprove their ideas. I was playing the devils advocate more
than I would otherwise have wanted to, but that at least
covers the bases. If we can promote a theory WITH sufficient
scientific proof that we are right, it may have a chance of standing
up to rigorous scrutiny. Not doing so just leaves us prone to
being labeled starry eyed dreamers and kooks. I wish to
avoid that.
The only other proof that could be had is to go to the
inner world personally. Take video camera evidence and then
if possible return. The video evidence would overshadow the
mere theories that there is NULL gravity on the interior of any
spherical shell structure. It would then mean that there was
a flaw in the science that predicts such a thing, and, you would
send the establishment into a panic with nothing to stand in their
defense. These theories of null-gravity are also not quite on the
mark for the Earth. There is the action of a central sun to
consider and that alone make for an inexact comparison.
No offense meant to you Dean. I happen to think that
her (Pari's) response left a lot to be desired. A sufficient
answer would have been to instruct me as to why I am
wrong about something I suggest.
Scott
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On Wed, 16 May 2001 23:25:49 -0300 "Dean De Lucia" <[email protected]> writes:
Scott,
She didn't address every example and thought, but she gave a good
answer: "
I have rejected equating gravitational force with the
quantity of inert matter." Actually, she could have said something
about the
plum bob experiment but, hey, it was a start.I think that I may write her on a different tack- I may ask what
kind
of opposition she came across, and what kind of allies she developed.
The
practical side, and the human side, too.I am playing cat-up after a virus attack. Don'topen anything that
says
222000bobdas.later,
Dean
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