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| Jun 27, 2014 at 9:28 | comment | added | sir simplicity | newdawnmagazine.com/articles/… | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 9:27 | comment | added | sir simplicity | Long ago [I] recognised that all perceptible matter comes from a primary substance, of a tenuity beyond conception and filling all space – the Akasa or luminiferous ether – which is acted upon by the life-giving Prana or creative force, calling into existence, in never ending cycles, all things and phenomena. The primary substance, thrown into infinitesimal whirls of prodigious velocity, becomes gross matter; the force subsiding, the motion ceases and matter disappears, reverting to the primary substance.12 | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 9:22 | comment | added | sir simplicity | I hold that space cannot be curved, for the simple reason that it can have no properties. It might as well be said that God has properties. He has not, but only attributes and these are of our own making. Of properties we can only speak when dealing with matter filling the space. To say that in the presence of large bodies space becomes curved, is equivalent to stating that something can act upon nothing. I for one, refuse to subscribe to such a view. Nikola Tesla | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 7:07 | comment | added | Freudian Slip | Space-time isn't a medium, like glass or air. It's not something that can be picked up, stored, or moved elsewhere. What you and I call 1 meter, 1 second, or a straight line (our concept of space and time) aren't absolute but can be different depending on where you are and what you are doing. Things with mass "bend" both time and space towards themselves, which adds a very small amount of acceleration towards other masses. This acceleration is gravity. The black hole isn't pulling on the light so much as it's twisting up the road. That's why so many call it "the fabric" of space-time. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 3:38 | comment | added | sir simplicity | So... are you saying that light travels in a vacuum (emptiness) or that it travels in the medium you called spacetime. Because gravity as a force cannot exert a force upon nothing... Also, it is my understanding that a force must be applied for an effect to occur, so how can a black hole pull faster than light while not requiring light to slow. I could only fathom light being able to be trapped if it were traveling at the same speed and thereby negated. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 2:51 | history | answered | Freudian Slip | CC BY-SA 3.0 |