Cosmology: quantum space time not Einsteinian (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, March 30, 2015, 13:52 (3527 days ago) @ David Turell


> > >David: Since the speed of light doesn't change, as far as it has been demonstrated, I still don't see how c makes any difference. The objection does not use the whole equation.
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> > Tony: Because, that article you referenced would mean that the speed of light is not constant at all wavelengths. Which is an argument that has been made repeatedly, but ignored.
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> > "Lower-energy light with its longer wavelengths would be akin to an ocean liner, gliding through the foamy quantum sea largely undisturbed. Light of higher energy and shorter wavelengths, on the other hand, would be more like a small dinghy battling through the waves."
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>David: Good point, but 4 minutes over thousands or millions of light years is a tiny percentage of difference. How much would that change the estimates of age through isotopic decay timings?-Ask a physicist. But, to my way of thinking, if the decay rates are not constant, then we can not say for sure how much they are off, because we have know way of knowing the speed of light over millions and billions of years.

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