A Beginner's View of Our Electric Universe - New

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In chapter one I mentioned some of the issues we have with the standard model. I will expand on these here in
summary form to suggest that many of them have arisen from adventurous assumption and a myopic approach
to a particular line of theory throughout the 1900s. I will then add a few issues that come from more recent
findings. The intention is to show clearly the reason for the state of great puzzlement that a growing number
of scientists, researchers and interested members of the public feel these days about the attitude displayed by
astro-science when issues that confront their pet theories are raised.
Astro-science has been almost halted intellectually by fundamental questions for which it cannot produce good
answers. The typical response is to ignore, or with the wielded hammer of their superior intellectual position,
belittle or even attack those who present these questions. Meanwhile, the world moves on and other scientists
who do not suffer from constipated thinking are building a case around the questions in play. As you progress
through this chapter, please do not feel you must understand all the detail; explanations for many of the basics
will come later. The objectives of this chapter are threefold: to act as a consolidation of the main issues; to
highlight the serious implications they represent; and to open the door to alternative thinking.
Dark matter and dark energy are said to account for the structure of the universe and validate the claim that it is
expanding. There is much room to wonder about this …
First, in the case of spiral galaxies, we are assured that the total gravity produced by conveniently placed dark
matter, plus the galaxy’s normal matter and that of the supposed super-massive Black Holes at their centres,
is enough to explain how they hold themselves together and behave as they do. Why then does a typical spiral
galaxy appear like a revolving solid disk of stars rather than the stars in its outer regions being seen to orbit more
slowly? If gravity really is in play here, then given the way its influence is shown to reduce with distance, spiral
galaxies should revolve more like froth does on the surface of your coffee as you stir it in your cup. It would be
fast on the inside and slow on the outside, with the outermost stars even trying to fly away!
A larger scale contradiction also exists here. On one side we have the claim that everything is flying away from
everything else and that the universe is expanding, and on the other side we are told that some galaxies are
actually colliding! When this was first found, astro-science pleaded ignorance and did not address the issue,
for they could not, and despite all the plausible mumbo-jumbo that you hear, they still cannot. In addition to
this, why do we observe groupings of galaxies that appear to be connected by thread-like structures? Surely, no
groups of galaxies would exist if all matter was initially dispersed by an enormous Big Bang explosion!
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