PSI Blog 20210802 The new Thirty Meter Telescope to discover the infinite universe
A book prize goes to
Rick Dutkiewicz for these questions about the Thirty Meter
Telescope (TMT) being built on Mauna Kea:
“Dr. Glenn,
Here’s a big
question and challenge for you.
What are your
predictions for the Thirty Meter Telescope?
1. What are some of
the more obvious ad hocs that will need to be tacked onto the BBT after they
see beyond the distance (and temporal) limits imposed by that theory?
2. What are some of
the discoveries that you hope might shake up mainstream physics and astronomy?
They say that they will be able to map dark matter to see very fine details in
the structure of dark matter “clouds”.
I know you have a
LOT to say about all these future observations, but how much do you dare to
predict?
Take some liberties;
give us your cocktail party observations; you are among friends.
Rick Doogie
Allegan, Michigan
[GB: Thanks so much
Rick for the challenge. Here you go:
“1. What are some of
the more obvious ad hocs that will need to be tacked onto the BBT after they
see beyond the distance (and temporal) limits imposed by that theory?”
The primary mirror
of the Hubble Space Telescope is only 2.4 m wide, while this one will be 30 m
wide, which is over 3 times that of the largest earth-bound telescope. In
addition, a laser will be used to subtract atmospheric interference. Rick, as
you know, humanity is extremely self-centered. Even the tiny Hubble telescope
resulted in the discovery 2 trillion galaxies, each with about 400 billion
stars similar to our own Milky Way galaxy—with no mea culpa from cosmogonists about
all that exploding out of nothing. The myopism will soon take another blast
from the TMT (under construction) as well as one from the Webb Space Telescope
due in October.
Obviously, the Big Bang Theory and the religious assumptions on which it is based[1] will be severely strained. Those strains traditionally have taken their toll in believability, but, so far, they have been overcome by those properly compensated. There have been many changes to the BBT. In 1949 George Gamow, one of its early promoters said “…astronomers have calculated that the origin of the universe dates back about three billion years. Other astronomical and geological conclusions arrived at independently corroborate this date.”[2] Of course, having continued to climb out of their nearsighted box, cosmogonists relented, with the currently “corroborated” date being 13.8 or 13.7 billion years. My bet is that both the Webb Telescope and TMT will reveal still more galaxies. The perfectly empty space necessary for perpetual photon travel, universal expansion, and creation from nothing will never be found.
Will the $1.4
billion spent on the TMT have been wasted? Not really. No matter how ridiculous
our theories have been, we always end up with more data. Rick, as you suggest,
the problem for cosmogonists will be to invent ad hocs to “confirm” the Big
Bang Theory once again. Here are some possibilities:
More Elderly
Galaxies Seen
Some Hubble photos
already hinted at this. In addition to the elderly
galaxies up to 13.4 billion light years away, there is nondescript
radiation coming from between the relatively well-defined galaxies. This
probably will be from well-defined galaxies as well. Some ad hocs:
1. The equations used to get the 13.8-Ga age of
the universe will be adjusted to reflect the maximum z values (cosmological
redshifts).
2. A new theory involving “superinflation” will
be proposed and accepted.
3. The greater than 13.8-Ga ages will be
considered to be the outer edge of an adjoining oxymoronic “multiverse.”
Perfectly Empty
Space Seen
This is highly
unlikely. As mentioned, there already is evidence for more stuff beyond the current
limit of observation. In spite of that, some religious folks seem ready to bet
me perfectly empty space will “exist” there. That reminds me of the One
Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge at which over a thousand people failed
to demonstrate any supernatural abilities. I thought the dowsing test was
particularly interesting. Water well drillers commonly pay good money to have
prospective sites “witched” or “dowsed” before drilling. I have a colleague who
cleans up those failures by using geologic evidence to locate aquifers instead.
Rick, any chance you would like to set up a Perfectly Empty Space Challenge?
1. Of course, at some point our telescopes will
reach the limit of detection. True to their affliction, positivists will then
claim that perfectly empty space was found and that Einstein was right once
again. Those who have read my bit on Untired Light Theory know that religious
assumption has been accepted for millennia. Remember, creation requires perfectly empty space.
2. As light loses energy over distance, it will become
so red-shifted and so dim that no illuminated bodies could ever be seen. Cosmogonists
will accept that result as fine “proof” of perfectly empty space, the “event
horizon,” and the outer reach of their assumed “expanding, finite universe.”
Readers are welcome to come up with some ad hocs for either of these
possibilities that will help the cosmogonists out during their hours of need.
Paradigm failure is mentally taxing; bamboozling the gullible is morally
taxing. It is not going to be pretty.
“What are some of the discoveries that you hope might shake up
mainstream physics and astronomy? They say that they will be able to map dark
matter to see very fine details in the structure of dark matter “clouds”.”
I imagine you also wondered way all celestial matter should be
luminous. The formation of luminous bodies requires high pressures, which only
can be the result of intense convergence due to gravitation. Why would all
microcosms have those properties? Most probably would not. In UCT[3]
Steve and I speculated that dark matter (DM) was nonluminous unattached planets
that would not show up in our telescopes. Since then, I developed Aether
Deceleration Theory, which simply states that the acceleration of gravitation
must result in deceleration of something ubiquitous and local: aether.
I suspect the new instruments will find some DM, but not enough to explain
Vera Rubin’s data.[4] That is
because most of the DM is low-pressure, decelerated aether entrained around
most cosmic bodies. It is unlikely any telescope (or microscope) could see such
small particles.[5] Then
too, cosmologists are now finding gravitational evidence for numerous solitary
“black holes” scattered throughout the universe. I figure these are just the
dying remnants of galaxies indicative of the Infinite Universe.
They simply are galactic nuclei that have accreted most of their stars and are now
subject to divergence. Rick, you are right that the failure to find most of
the dark matter will push cosmogonists toward a belated acceptance of aether. But don’t hold your breath.]
[1]
Borchardt, Glenn, 2020, Religious Roots of Relativity: Berkeley, California,
Progressive Science Institute, 160 p. [ https://go.glennborchardt.com/RRR-ebk
]
[2] Anon, 1949, Gamov speaks on universe evolution:
Vassar Chronicle, v. VI, no. 22, p. 3-4, 7.
[http://newspaperarchives.vassar.edu/cgi-bin/vassar?a=d&d=vcchro19490514-01.2.16].
[3] Puetz, S.J., and Borchardt, Glenn, 2011,
Universal Cycle Theory: Neomechanics of the Hierarchically Infinite Universe:
Denver, Outskirts Press, 626 p. [https://go.glennborchardt.com/UCT].
[4] Rubin, Vera C., 2000, One Hundred Years of
Rotating Galaxies: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, v.
112, p. 747-750. [10.1086/316573].
[5] 1020 aether particles/electron
(See Appendix in Borchardt, Glenn, 2017, Infinite Universe Theory: Berkeley,
California, Progressive Science Institute, 337 p.
[http://go.glennborchardt.com/IUTebook]).
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