Our friend Interdimensional Warrior has presented a neat Grant-like theory that tosses out relativity and rolls up all emr into one neat package. I'm afraid my physics isn't up to doing more than poking holes at it. Although, if I ever manage to back him into admitting his "photon" has a charge...

The usual warnings for GLP apply. It's been a relatively polite and well-ordered thread, and Jay has been wonderful over there.


Forgive me if this seems like dragging dirty laundry around. I happen to have a soft spot for "theories of everything" -- if nothing else, I can write science fiction stories set in lands with VERY different physics.

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This would be an "I'll just watch, if you don't mind" item for me, but when posting about a thread at GLP, it's best to include a link direct to the thread in question.

Browsing through the entire forum looking for a particular thread can lead to painful side effects.

It's also a good idea to include

WARNING! GLP THREAD!

for the sake of viewer safety. :wink:

It's a very long thread. Care to point out the pertinent parts?

It's been quite a while since I studied particle physics, so I may not be able to help much.

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If this is the same Moon Hoax thread we've been talking about the last couple of days, most of the crazy stuff about EM radiation seems to be in the vicinity of pages 6-11, roughly speaking.

Here,

LINK

Page 38 of the massive killer-sunspot thread, right down at the bottom of the page.

That's as close as IDW will come to actually detailing his theory. I've pressed him for details on the nature of these super-electrons of his, but he hasn't replied yet.

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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

I've just been over there for a few minutes and I now need to go lie down in a dark corner with a couple of aspirin..... and I also need a method to restart my brain.... any ideas?

(Edited to add this comment) How does Jay do it? Remain calm and lucid when all about him start ranting etc....

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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not Eureka! (I found it!) but rather, 'hmm.... that's funny...'
- Isaac Asimov

Are we alone in the Universe? Are we the only intelligent life? Who knows? But the universe is so BIG, it somehow seems such a waste of space if we are ....

1l pure Tobasco should help.

I think a nice dunk in antiseptic. Boy, that place is crawling!


On a lighter note, who do I have to talk to about getting my card?

You gotta figure it works this way. You read, you take classes, you do a little observing, until you cross that threshold of Knowing Too Much. Then would come a midnight phone call, and the offer you can't refuse. After that, you are a card-carrying member of the great astronomer conspiracy. You are given a few read-then-shred, burn, and eat documents about what is actually at Roswell and what the R.A. and dec is of Planet X.

I believe there's a wallet card, too. On one side, the officially approved explanations; "Weather balloon. Mass hysteria. JPEG artifact. The camera broke," and so forth. On the other side, a list of taboo subjects; "Don't let anyone look at pictures of Iapetus. Never allow the public access to a scope powerful enough to show the moon base. Discourage people from visiting New Mexico."

Most people in the conspiracy don't need ID; everyone in Space Sciences and associated industries, for instance, is by definition already in the conspiracy. I mean, you can't past the receptionist at Grumman without your microchip! But I figure at the lower levels there's a code word or a secret handshake. And you get the phone number of a more important astronomer to clear stuff with if you sense you are getting too close to something you aren't supposed to know. He, of course, has the phone number of the Men in Black.

Am I getting warm here? Too warm?


smiley inserted for those lacking a satire gene.

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Who controls the British Crown?
Who keeps the Metric System down?
We do! We do!

Who leaves Altantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do! ...

Here's an old BBC article discussing conspiracy theories that seems relevant to this thread.

Never heard that one before.

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What's it like being a skeptic in the Middle East? Check out my blog.

Oh, my stomach...

Thanks, TriangleMan, you gave me the laugh of the day.

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"We do not require reality to conform to the expectations of the ignorant"

Neither have I! It's just too funny!!!!

..... Alternatively, .... could it be true?

After all, I know someone who said their aunt heard from a friend down the road that someone she knew was married to someone descended from one of the Titanic crew..... and he had once been to Greece,.... which is next to Albania.....

This conspiracy stuff is easy, isn't it!?! #-o

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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not Eureka! (I found it!) but rather, 'hmm.... that's funny...'
- Isaac Asimov

Are we alone in the Universe? Are we the only intelligent life? Who knows? But the universe is so BIG, it somehow seems such a waste of space if we are ....