Reply To: Proliferation?

[AaronB]

Mark,

You have obviously given this a lot more thought than I have. It was not my intention to promote an infinite universe of infinite age with infinite matter. Those are just the assumptions of Olbers’ paradox. Personally, I think we are just beginning to understand the universe we are living in. 100 years ago, we were just beginning to build telescopes that allowed us to see the closest galaxies with any clarity. A lot has changed since then. I suspect that in another 100 years, cosmology will have many new telescopes and observations at its disposal, so the theories will be very different. I’m not claiming to know the answer. I just like to point out that when people make theories or claim paradoxes, they need to take into account all of the observed or logical information before making that claim. IMHO, it is best to avoid using imaginary, unobserved phenomen as a basis for conclusions and decisions. Let the theory fit the observation, and not the other way around. Work from what you know, not what you don’t know.

Here’s a wild thought on redshift. What if the “fabric” of the universe is pulled tighter by the creation of matter (bunching and knotting), so that in an area thick with matter, the fabric is pulled tighter? That would explain gravitational attraction between all particles, but it would also create a situation where the fabric in the center of the known (populated) universe would be slightly tighter than the fabric out by the most distant galaxies on the edge of the populated area. Light created in these most distant galaxies would have to speed up as it entered the tighter fabric where we reside, and so the wavelength would drop in proportion to the tightness of the fabric where it was created (redshift). I guess magnetism would then be the direction of twist in the creation of the particles, and photons would be the “plinking” of the fabric strings. Antimatter fusion would be the counter-twisted particles unwinding themselves back into the fabric, sending off high “plinking” energy. Matter/energy conversion? I suppose that would explain GR effects too as knotted particles approached the speed of wave propogation in the fabric. They would get squished in the direction of travel. Hmmm, unified theory + redshift explanation all before my morning shower? Can’t be. I should go back to bed.