Thunderbolts of the Gods

Electromagnetism is way more powerful than gravity....at short range. Over the long haul, gravity reigns. Which is why Newton's Laws, rather than Maxwell's equations, explain why the moon is in orbit.

Define short range. A good case can be made that electromagnetism is seen to affect the shape of structures in space that are a million light years in size. Dr Peralt has demonstrated with state of the art PIC codes at LANL that electromagnetic effects affect the formation and motions of entire galaxies. And explain how gravity led to a solar system with most of the angular momentum in the planets and not the sun. Explain how gravity caused alone caused the planets (and moon) to form. Because right now NASA can't. See?

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060328_gas_giant.html "Death Spiral: Why Theorists Can't Make Solar Systems, Ker Than, 8 March 2006 ... snip ... ccording to the standard model of planet formation, called "core accretion," planets form over millions of years as enormous blocks of rock and ice smash together to form planetary embryos, called "protoplanets," and eventually full-fledged planets. Most scientists agree that core accretion is how terrestrial planets such as Earth and Mars were created, but the model can't convincingly explain how gas giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn came to be. One major problem is that developing gas giants through core accretion takes too long. According to the best current models, the process requires several million years-longer than the typical observed lifetime of the stellar gas disks from which planets are born. The other main difficulty is the so-called "migration" problem. Protoplanets are not sitting stationary in the gas disks as they bulk up. Due to gravitational interactions with the disks, the protoplanets swirl rapidly inwards toward their central stars in what scientists call "Type 1" migration. Models predict that this death spiral can take as little as 100,000 years. This so-called "migration" problem is the toughest challenge facing theorists trying to explain gas giant formation through core accretion, said Alan Boss, a planet formation expert at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. "The migration problem is scary," Boss told SPACE.com. "[The models] are off by a factor of 10 or 100, so you really have to wonder if there's going to be a solution here."
 
Over at BAUT this group has been there for a while trying to push the E;ectric Universe or Plasma Universe stuff. They in general do not what they talking about.

You should understand that there are many different proposals within the alternative Electric Universe/Plasma Universe community. Some are quacks. Even I once thought the electric star notion was nonsense (before I carefully looked it over). And why shouldn't there be various ideas since so little money (in comparison to mainstream cosmology and astrophysics) has been spent in the area. The fact remains that there are many problems with mainstream claims (as evidenced by my 14 posts) and the alternative ideas I cited do seem to be defensible. I'm willing to try.

You are welcome to try and show I don't know what I'm talking about. :D
 
Gravity does have an effect at very long ranges, but it is in cosmology

A good case can be made that so does electromagnetism. In fact, a Nobel prize winning physicist in the area of plasma made that case. Especially if there's lots of time.

and the dark matter theory

Dark matter is a gnome. It was invented to explain the rotation curves of galaxies. But experts in plasma physics and electromagnetism have proven that you don't need dark matter to explain those rotation curves. You just have to include electromagnetism in the model of galaxies ... which mainstream astrophysicists simply refuse to do. And after more than 30 years, one would think there would be at least some experimental evidence here on earth that dark matter actually exists. But there isn't. Mainstream researchers are no closer to knowing what dark matter is than they were 30 years ago.

Perhaps because it doesn't exist.

This led Hubble to theorise that the universe is expanding.

This not true. Hubble said that he didn't know if the universe was expanding or not. He said "If the redshifts are a Doppler shift ... the observations as they stand lead to the anomaly of a closed universe, curiously small and dense, and, it may be added, suspiciously young. On the other hand, if redshifts are not Doppler effects, these anomalies disappear and the region observed appears as a small, homogeneous, but insignificant portion of a universe extended indefinitely both in space and time." (E. Hubble, Roy. Astron. Soc. M. N., 17, 506, 1937)

And plasma cosmology can not explain this effect.

This is not true either, as anyone who reads Parts 8 and 9 of my posts will see. They do offer explanations for the redshift which have not been ruled out by observations or experiments here on earth. Tell me David, why do you assume all the matter in the universe was created in the Big Bang when there is another solution to Einstein's General Relativity that says otherwise?

Hypothesis: the EM forces of a galaxy are sufficient to create this rotational speed.
(I have not seen this explained well yet, just a lot of handwaving.)

I posted links to peer reviewed articles by Dr Anthony Peralt and others on this topic. Read those sources and you'll find the theory is explained well and proven with large scale computer calculations on validated computer codes at LANL. "handwaving" is not at all a fair description of the material I have offered on this matter in the past or in this thread. On the contrary, your unsupported dismissal of Peralt's work and your defense of dark matter (which is what?) as the cause of the rotation curve flatness is what I'd call a bad case of "hand waving". :)

Halton Arp looked at galaxies that appear to have been disrupted in some way, usually through collision.

Not true. Many if not most of the objects that Arp has looked at over time are not the result of a collision ... although the source galaxies may be disrupted due to internal energy release. I've posted a fair representation of the data in Post #1.
 
Here is an article that explains at least on of your cases BeAChooser.
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/NGC3079text.html

You are claiming that the 21 quasars around NGC 3079 result from gravitationally lensing 1 quasar? No, your source is only saying that 2 apparent quasars are the result of lensing 1 quasar. In fact, your source points out that only a few dozen such lensed quasars have been found in all the sky. And even some of those that are claimed as such (like the Einstein Cross) are clearly debatable ... as I think I showed in Part 1.
 
I am still deciding whether to mark reposting of material from an existing web site in this forum as spam. The moderators may pre-empt me. If they do not, and I do not, you may expect a point-by-point response as I have time to make one.
 
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Hiya BAC!

I am glad you are back to the fray, once I have DSl access i will respond to as many of your posts as I can, I hope you will be more gracious than the last time.

Please take the time to address where specifics are mentioned. I spent a great deal of time on your last set of posts and actually read a lot and looked at a lot.

You were rather rude and ignored the vast majority of anything that i posted that did not fit your model.

I hope to engage in discussion again.


A good case can be made that so does electromagnetism. In fact, a Nobel prize winning physicist in the area of plasma made that case. Especially if there's lots of time.
See here you are again, 'a physcists made the case', presnt the case then, not your spamming of the forum with your preprepared mateial.

What is the case and how is it made, What is the data.

Oh, I know go through your fourteen posts.

Okay, but try to respond this time when I do.

:)
Dark matter is a gnome. It was invented to explain the rotation curves of galaxies. But experts in plasma physics and electromagnetism have proven that you don't need dark matter to explain those rotation curves. You just have to include electromagnetism in the model of galaxies ... which mainstream astrophysicists simply refuse to do. And after more than 30 years, one would think there would be at least some experimental evidence here on earth that dark matter actually exists. But there isn't. Mainstream researchers are no closer to knowing what dark matter is than they were 30 years ago.
Duh, I suppose we can discuss neutrinos and Gell-mann again when it comes to gnomes in the garden.

there are plenty.
Perhaps because it doesn't exist.
perhaps it doesn't (duh), but your assertion that the EM forces acount for the ffects were unsubstantiated last time, but please elaborate again.

Specific responses to specific questions and points.
This not true. Hubble said that he didn't know if the universe was expanding or not. He said "If the redshifts are a Doppler shift ... the observations as they stand lead to the anomaly of a closed universe, curiously small and dense, and, it may be added, suspiciously young. On the other hand, if redshifts are not Doppler effects, these anomalies disappear and the region observed appears as a small, homogeneous, but insignificant portion of a universe extended indefinitely both in space and time." (E. Hubble, Roy. Astron. Soc. M. N., 17, 506, 1937)
Do you really want to fight over the sue of the word theorise, whatever.
This is not true either, as anyone who reads Parts 8 and 9 of my posts will see. They do offer explanations for the redshift which have not been ruled out by observations or experiments here on earth. Tell me David, why do you assume all the matter in the universe was created in the Big Bang when there is another solution to Einstein's General Relativity that says otherwise?
I will see what you have this time, you are the one who rules stuff out of hand, please don't place your really bad attitude upon me, just further proof that you didn't read much of what i wrote.

Further rudeness, so soon?

I suppose you are waving your arms already to excuse the fact that you didn't actually read what I post.

pathetic.
I posted links to peer reviewed articles by Dr Anthony Peralt and others on this topic. Read those sources and you'll find the theory is explained well and proven with large scale computer calculations on validated computer codes at LANL. "handwaving" is not at all a fair description of the material I have offered on this matter in the past or in this thread. On the contrary, your unsupported dismissal of Peralt's work and your defense of dark matter (which is what?) as the cause of the rotation curve flatness is what I'd call a bad case of "hand waving". :)
It would be funny if you actaully read what i post.

But that is your problem, i open minded, but please continue to play the trool.

Prove yourself a better person this time.

You just don't care to repond to what i actually post.

hey dude, get off your wagan, i did not make an 'unsupported dismissal', you are just throw straw.

Do you actuallu know how to talk without all the pathetic porr ass debate tactics/

Jeesh dude, i take the time to read what you post, extend me the same courtesy.
Not true. Many if not most of the objects that Arp has looked at over time are not the result of a collision ... although the source galaxies may be disrupted due to internal energy release. I've posted a fair representation of the data in Post #1.

Many of the Arp objects and the more spectacular ones are the result of gravitational collision, but if you feel I mischaracterised it i am sorry for that.


Already with the whining.

i will try again but your poor manners are so hard to work around.

try something other than Dick Chaney and Karl Rove as role models , please.
 
BeAChooser, I would like to formally object to your use of the term "Gnome" to describe non existent things. I am Da' Gnome an most certainly do exist!;)

Thanks very much for this information. You have presented it in a very logical and easily understood manner for laymen. I would suggest that you also try your ideas at Skeptic Friends Network; they have had many talks concerning this topic.
 
Just in case the heavy hand of censorship falls here, what website is this information published on?
 
You are welcome to try and show I don't know what I'm talking about. :D

Not being that smart on these matters, I'm more likely to ask a bunch of questions. You covered a lot of material here. TEGO occured about post 4.

Be patient.
 
You might be interested to learn that The American Institute of Physics has just recently announced that they will officially recognize the Plasma Universe as an official field of study in physics! Just a bunch of quacks?

Perhaps you are not aware that a split has taken place in the research community. Magic gnome believing astronomers and astrophysicists are on one side while electrical engineers and renowned experts in plasma (such as Dr Anthony Peralt) are on the other. They are moving in different directions. One towards more gnomes and the other towards a rational examination of the data. The later community has begun to hold their own IEEE sponsored conventions and publish papers in their own IEEE journals ... because they've essentially given up on the other community dealing with the subject in a scientific and fair manner. And I don't blame them.
Im pretty sure your just hijacking some legitimate research. Either that or it is a complete and utter fraud. I may be going to college for electrical engineering but it sure as hell has nothing to do with the universe as a whole. It's an argument from authority. Your also lying. There is no IEEE journal dedicated for this crap.
 
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I may be going to college for electrical engineering but it sure as hell has nothing to do with the universe as a whole.


Are you kidding?

Electricity has nothing to do with the universe as a whole?

One does not have to understand or subscribe to these theories to understand that your statement is foolish.
 
Electricity has nothing to do with the universe as a whole?
No engineering doesn't entirely explain how the universe works as a whole. It's generally a really gross simplification.
PS. Five minutes through that crap and I can't stand it anymore. They used the term electric discharge machining. He's another Max Photon.
Now, NASA's terminology in describing this phenomena is more suitable to supersonic aircraft in an electrically neutral atmosphere than a spacecraft in an ionized and magnetized solar environment. And some observations just don't seem to fit the expectations and models of NASA.
Space is a vacuum where are we getting all these ions from???
 
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PS. Five minutes through that crap and I can't stand it anymore. They used the term electric discharge machining. He's another Max Photon.
Space is a vacuum where are we getting all these ions from???

As long as you are admitting that you are dismissing the ideas without examining the information.
 
As long as you are admitting that you are dismissing the ideas without examining the information.
No. You see. Im not an idiot. Reading through his spam I'm seeing contradictions that doesn't make a dam bit of sense. For example:
In the electric/plasma model, a double flash was expected because the impactor and comet would have different charges. A potential difference -a voltage- exists between them. When the impactor gets close to the surface, an electrical discharge -lightning- flashes between impactor and nucleus. If the impactor is not torn apart by the discharge, it will produce a second flash when it impacts moments later.
I'll leave you to try and figure out why this doesn't make any sense.
 
Im pretty sure your just hijacking some legitimate research. Either that or it is a complete and utter fraud. I may be going to college for electrical engineering but it sure as hell has nothing to do with the universe as a whole. It's an argument from authority. Your also lying. There is no IEEE journal dedicated for this crap.

Typical emotional response. Illogical conclusions, claims made with no evidence or even reasons.

Claiming somebody is lying is insulting. Are you a troll?


http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=/iel5/27/4287017/04287093.pdf&arnumber=4287093
 
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