RE: Speed of light not constant = young universe
June 22, 2014 at 11:33 pm
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2014 at 11:34 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 21, 2014 at 7:21 pm)Heywood Wrote: Its an assumption that we use because it makes it easier for us to model the world.....but the truth is...it doesn't have to be that way. Unless you believe in God, there is no reason to believe the world just happens to be set up in a way that is convenient for us to come to an understanding of it.It might also be useful to mention that a constant speed was predicted, then observed - and is now utilized by all our fun little hightech toys.
Regardless of whether or not one believes in god there is every reason to conclude that the world around us "just happens to be set up in a way that is convenient for us to come to an understanding of it". All that one requires is the equipment we already possess - no matter who or what the designer and manufacturer of that equipment may be. Invoking god here is worse than wrong, it's useless.
The constant speed of light -has- "put up or shut up". So, unless you plan on yanking a living, breathing god out of your back pocket in the next few seconds.....
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