Re: Slow Motion Cosmological Train Wreck


George Dishman wrote:
I'm into Leroc, out last night and this and twice
tomorrow - too much of a good thing!

George


Hmmm, I see!

1. On the Dark Matter Issue: The Discrete Fractal paradigm's
definitive predictions are now all over the place and part of the
public and scientific record. I do not think it is a good use of time
to battle over the ambiguous existing evidence. It makes more sense to
me to let the observational astrophysicists do their thing and produce
a clearer result. I believe that we will have a definitive result
within 10 years, and maybe much less time. I have been waiting for
over 20 years, so a few more is not too difficult for me. Nature will
provide an answer to this enigma. It is only a matter of time.

2. Even though I truly enjoy a bit of polemics, this type of thing can
get stale when it goes on too long and loses its wit.

If you want to discuss other issues relating to the Discrete Fractal
paradigm (see www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw) then please start a new
thread. One possible topic is the Copernican Principle that we should
not have models that place us at the center of the Universe. This
important principle seems to be in conflict with conventional physics
in terms of scale, since it puts us squarely in the middle of nature's
hierarchy, roughly equally "distant" from the subatomic realm and the
largest observable scales. The Discrete Fractal paradigm offers a way
out of this contradiction: the nature's hierarchy is infinite and we
are most certainly not at the center of nature's full range of scale.

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