Re: Some basic question on Redshift

From: Tim Killian (TJK_at_notmyrealemail.com)
Date: 01/02/05 

Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 20:35:12 -0700

I disagree -- Dr, Arp's career in astrophysics was essentially ended
when he pursued research which concluded that some quasars were not at
the distances implied by their extreme redshifts. Although Arp was a
respected scientist and careful observer, he was publicly humiliated by
none other than Dr. Chandrasekhar, labeled as a crank, and was
systematically denied telescope time for observations.

There are numerous papers which describe unobservable dark matter and
dark energy, but can you name a recent paper that challenges the
standard redshift model? It's a "radioactive" subject in the church of
modern cosmology.

Brian Tung wrote:
> Tim Killian wrote:
>
>>One of the pillars of modern cosmology is the nearly universal belief
>>that measured redshift directly corresponds to distance. Any other
>>interpretation is career-ending heresy, so just repeat this ten times
>>every day in front of a portrait of Edwin Hubble and several lit candles:
>
>
> Halton Arp seemed to do just fine. His views are deprecated, but he
> has published plenty of stuff, I think.
>
> However, he seems to have an incomplete perception of statistics, and
> has therefore systematically underestimated the a priori likelihood of
> some alignments. This was discussed on SAA some number of years ago.
>
> Brian Tung <brian@isi.edu>
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