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Author Topic:   "Creation Science" on astrophysics?
Joe Meert
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Message 12 of 76 (7323)
03-19-2002 4:22 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by Darwin Storm
03-19-2002 4:16 PM


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Originally posted by Darwin Storm:
I am persistant. Any creationists out there able to address this issue?
JM: Darn it, will you hear from an educated evolutionist? There are many explanations, but one of the ones making the rounds again is the notion of change in the speed of c. Barry Setterfield claims to have new evidence for this change, but his article has been rejected by mainstream journals so far. Basically, the claim is that light from distant galaxies traveled faster in the past and therefore had time to make it here.
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Joe Meert

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Joe Meert
Member (Idle past 5679 days)
Posts: 913
From: Gainesville
Joined: 03-02-2002


Message 14 of 76 (7338)
03-19-2002 5:46 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by TrueCreation
03-19-2002 4:53 PM


quote:
Originally posted by TrueCreation:
"JM: Darn it, will you hear from an educated evolutionist? There are many explanations, but one of the ones making the rounds again is the notion of change in the speed of c. Barry Setterfield claims to have new evidence for this change, but his article has been rejected by mainstream journals so far. Basically, the claim is that light from distant galaxies traveled faster in the past and therefore had time to make it here."
--This argument seems to be widespread in many cases, it seems possible, though obviously don't taske my word for it. I know that you can decrease the speed of light, but I dont' know about its increase. I have also heard that they use a light speed mechenism to measure light, so it would be in measuring constant anyways.

JM: Actually Barry's argument stems from the historical measurements on the speed of light and a perceived decrease since measurements started. It really is an artifact of the increased precisions in the measurement. When errors (and all historical measurements are included) it has been constant. The slowing experiments you speak of are not conducted in a vacuum but in a sea of sodium.
Cheers
Joe Meert

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