RE: The universe appears "old", but it is still less than 10,000 years old
November 28, 2013 at 5:50 am
(November 28, 2013 at 5:18 am)Zen Badger Wrote: We need to remember the crux of Lisles idiotic "theory"
Because we can't accurately measure the one way speed of light because of the time dilation induced when you try to move your two clocks away from each other( a function BTW of velocity, not position), the only way you can measure it is with a two way measurement.
Lisle is trying to weasel his YEC bullshit into the equation by saying that you can't KNOW that the velocity in both directions is the same.
Which, admittedly you can't. But then he uses this uncertainty to try to claim that the speed away from the observer is half c while the return speed is instantaneous.
Complete bullshit of course. And disproven quite simply by measuring the one way speed of light.
Even though it won't be accurate, it WILL show a finite velocity.
In short, Lisles crap is only credible to cretinists with a zero understanding of basic physics.
Moreover, we can measure the parallax of nearby cephid variable stars and compare that measurement with the standard candle for the same stars and get very close distance measurements. This alone provides strong evidence for the validity of our near distance measurements, and also verifies the standard candle methodology which is used for more distant objects.
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-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
