Chance v. Design Part 3 (Evolution)

by David Turell , Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 02:12 (5443 days ago) @ xeno6696

Dark energy/matter might actually be a mathematical artifact caused by rounding errors created as astronomers perform their calculations. The most recent Scientific American has an entire article about this, astronomers are considering getting rid of the Cosmological Principle suggesting that we might actually live in a rare section of the universe. What Astronomers are thinking is that the distribution of matter through space is not actually uniform (Uniformity is the assumption of the Cosmological Principle); there might be "bubbles in the swiss cheese of matter" they call voids--places where the density of matter is far less than other places. - As I gave a warning about Wikis I must give one about Scientific American. The editor has just been fired, thank goodness. I have read it for years and watched it go from a middle of the road great scientific review journal for the lay folks to a far left agenda for global warming, string theory with multiverses, and a definite anti-religious tone. The most recent article on dark matter is no surprise, and I don't know how reliable it is as a viewpoint for middle of the road cosmologists. If one hadn't recognized it there is alot of political overtone in science these days, as well as the usual grantsmanship.