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An immortal fumble by Henri Wilson (22-Mar-2006)

The Downunder version of the Anthropic Principle.
On 22 Mar 2006 13:23:47 -0800, "Igor" <thoovler@excite.com> wrote:

>
>Henri Wilson wrote:
>> On 22 Mar 2006 10:35:28 -0800, "Igor" <thoovler@excite.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Henri Wilson wrote:
>> >> Modern astronomy is based on the assumption that all starlight in the universe
>> >> travels to little planet Earth at precisely 'c'.
>> >>
>> >> I wonder what magical power arranged for this to happen since in many cses,
>> >> Earth wasn't even in existence when the light left its source.
>> >>
>> >> The question is, "how can the speed of anything, including light, be given a
>> >> magnitude wrt something that doesn't exist?"
>> >>
>> >> Did the light from a star 10 billion LYs away somehow 'know' where the Earth
>> >> was going to be 10 billion years later?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> HW.
>> >> www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/index.htm\
>> >
>> >
>> > You must live in a very chaotic world where there are absolutely no
>> > rules at all.  Because, in order to have rules, there must be some
>> > magical power that brings them into being.  DOA
>>
>> The RULE that astronomers use is that all starlight oin the universe travels at
>> c towards little planet Earth.
>>
>> Silly isn't it!
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>
> Seems to work!
>
> Name the results of even one peer-reviewed experiment that has ever
> violated it and then you might have something.

The 'peers' are also true believers.

It's all part of the inbreeding that has afflicted physics for 100 years.

Why do you think all starlight in the universe travels at c towards little
planet Earth....when Earth wasn't even in existence when most of the light was
emitted.

HW.
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