Active Users:145 Time:02/06/2024 12:08:30 AM
Unlesss you're talking about Sachs-Wolfe Effect I think you mean Dark Matter Isaac Send a noteboard - 19/06/2012 03:59:03 PM
... and Sachs Wolfe wouldn't really seem at odds with the new theory

My understanding was that the way scientists were able to say that there is evidence for dark energy is not just because they stick it into equations and it accounts for everything, but also because light that travels long distances is distorted by it. Or is that yet another thing that could be an example of time being distorted rather than space?


Well Dark Matter certainly distorts stuff, we know how much light should bend going round an object of X mass and when we see it do the bending of a 5x Mass we can say 'okay, where the fuck are 4X of mass hiding? mass which is also dark to any other detection method' Thus 'Dark Matter', is really totally unrelated to Dark Energy. Anyway the evidence for Dark Energy is pretty much that acceleration itself and as mentioned, there is *no* difference between acceleration and gravity in General Relativity, so as gravity can bend light so can acceleration and so too would pockets of faster or slower time.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein

King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
Reply to message
New Theory proposes alternative to Dark Energy in favor of Time running out - 19/06/2012 01:59:31 AM 856 Views
Does this have any implications regarding heat death? *NM* - 19/06/2012 02:58:39 AM 155 Views
Oh, I see. It will just be timeless. *NM* - 19/06/2012 02:59:28 AM 152 Views
It would more or less amount to the same thing anyway - 19/06/2012 03:07:09 AM 485 Views
"A lukewarm homogeneous thin vacuum where nothing meaningful can occur." - 30/06/2012 10:06:43 PM 360 Views
Hmmm... the 'Sandler State' has a nice ring to it - 30/06/2012 11:21:26 PM 336 Views
The theory of dark energy always rang hollow to me. - 19/06/2012 02:47:29 PM 452 Views
Re: The theory of dark energy always rang hollow to me. - 19/06/2012 04:14:32 PM 557 Views
I don't like the theory of dark energy, either, but how do you account for the bending of light? - 19/06/2012 03:08:03 PM 362 Views
Unlesss you're talking about Sachs-Wolfe Effect I think you mean Dark Matter - 19/06/2012 03:59:03 PM 558 Views
Yes. That is what I meant. - 19/06/2012 08:14:53 PM 330 Views
Well, again, Dark Matter & Dark Energy aren't all that related, there's Dark Fluid, Dark Flow, etc - 19/06/2012 09:24:44 PM 556 Views
Didn't they decide that neutrinos do have mass? - 20/06/2012 12:23:14 AM 338 Views
Very, very negligible mass - 20/06/2012 01:02:00 AM 546 Views
They can't get rid of Dark Energy! - 19/06/2012 03:21:09 PM 356 Views
Well, I can give you a BS-FTL Drive from it no prob - 19/06/2012 03:40:51 PM 459 Views
Your subtle reminder I yet owe you a few responses? - 19/06/2012 09:35:25 PM 541 Views
Rad. *NM* - 30/06/2012 10:03:34 PM 152 Views

Reply to Message