RE: History Channel: The Universe
May 9, 2009 at 2:04 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2009 at 2:05 pm by lilphil1989.)
(May 9, 2009 at 1:36 pm)g-mark Wrote: 1.The question is relevant as it supports the context of the premise.No. Dark matter cannot be electromagnetic radiation, since this carries no mass and mass is the one property that dark matter must possess.
(May 9, 2009 at 1:36 pm)g-mark Wrote: 2. I did not propose the premise, it is a quote.I know, I think I agreed with this already
(May 9, 2009 at 1:36 pm)g-mark Wrote: 3. It sounds as if you are trolling through the information to find something anything that you can suggest it is not as stated. You can apply this method to everything. What do you hope to accomplish.I was pointing out scientific misinformation, this is something that irks me.
(May 9, 2009 at 1:36 pm)g-mark Wrote: 4. It cannot be proven or diproven.Exactly! So if you don't know what a number is, why suggest that it is "billions" ?
(May 9, 2009 at 1:36 pm)g-mark Wrote: 5. But if you insist, I am wrong.
Maybe you are, maybe not. That's the point. Randomly assigned a value to something that is totally unknown is ridiculous.
It's like me saying "last night there were 54329 stars visible with the naked eye from the top of mount Fuji"
Sure I might be right, but with me having no way of knowing at the time I said it, why choose a value at random?
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
