Ruling out an expanding universe with conventional proofs

Alphabob,First of all, let me just put this out there. I'm an engineer and computer programmer. Probably the least person to qualify on critiquing your paper. I don't even know where to begin with the math.From what I know, you are half right about the current state of the scientific community. You asserted that nowadays it is more political than acquisition of knowledge (I'm loosely paraphrasing). This is only half correct because science has always been political. There are very good reasons for this.(1) Where do you think scientists get their fundings from for research?(2) Most people in charge of the money aren't scientists. They're lawyers and accountants. Because they don't understand all the mechanics behind the science, they often time have to rely on credentials. Can you really blame them?(3) A lot of what gets put out there also rely on who you know. This is true for everything, not just science.Yes, it is possible to forward your theory and become widely accepted without credentials, but it is even harder than an uphill battle. I would argue it's more like a straight up mountain climbing thing. The people you've mentioned that never formally published but eventually got their idea across were very rare instances.Back to your paper. Because of my background, I'm not even going to try critiquing your work. I know just enough to recognize that IFF you are a crank you are not a typical crank. Meaning you are knowledgeable enough about the math to do more than making unfounded assertions. That's a compliment, by the way.Going back to credentials. When I first started working as an engineer, we were sent out to some towns to help with preparations for floodings. When we got there, the firefighters and cops had already put sandbags everywhere. The problem we instantly saw was that they decided to put 2 levels up regardless of where. Since that time, I've found that firefighters and cops have a lot of hard time understanding the concept of elevation. They put 2 levels up regardless of if it's on top of the hill or bottom of the hill.I went to talk to the fire chief about it and he just dismissed me as if I was nobody. I tried talking to another person in charge and again to him I was nobody. I had to call my boss and asked him to talk to these guys over the phone. Just one word from my boss and the order was given to reposition the sandbags to based on elevations.The point is in this world credential is everything. I'm willing to bet your ideas are falling on deaf ears because you lack credentials.I strongly encourage you to go back to graduate school and work your way up the ladder.I wish you the best of luck.Edit.Speaking of credentials, my money is on this post getting ignored by most people because of the lack of posts I have here. Edited by yenmor, : No reason given.Edited by yenmor, : No reason given.

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I'm not in grad school because I began working on this as an undergrad and decided I could finish it faster independently. On the chance that it is correct, I would probably receive an honorary degree at some point.

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This is a long shot. And even if you end up having an honorary degree based on this, it would be years and years and years. Probably after you've died of old age.

Ever heard of the factor of safety? We engineers use it a lot. I highly encourage you to use it in your financial planning as well.