"Sure it's wrong, but we knew it all along."

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0619/New-findings-could-rewrite-scientists-model-of-how-universe-hangs-together


     "The reigning theory of particle physics may be flawed, according to new evidence that a subatomic particle decays in a certain way more often than it should, scientists announced."
     The hell you say. Color me all kinds of surprised that the Standard Model may be flawed. And yes, I know the operative words are "may be." 
     "But many physicists suspect the Standard Model has some holes in it..."
     In other words, "We knew it was wrong all along." BS!
     Time to get out the spackle and start filling in those holes, eh, boys? Dark matter, dark energy...what are you going to pull out of your butts this time?
     The thing that really irritates me about stuff like this is, people like me get ridiculed for saying that currently accepted theories are wrong. Mainstream people call us crackpots. They say we don't really understand the theories, because if we did, we would agree with them. You can't challenge the accepted theories, because you can't argue with the evidence.
     But...is it that I and other crackpots don't really understand the theories, or is it quite possible that we do understand them, better than those who adhere to the theories? Maybe we understand them so thoroughly that we see what bunk the theories are. 
     It doesn't matter that I don't understand the math behind the theories and couldn't perform one of the sort required by theory if my life depended on it. I understand the concepts behind the theories, and if the concepts are bullshit, then no matter how correct the math is, the theory is still bullshit. If the theory is wrong, you can doodle all sorts of equations onto a blackboard and insist that your theory is correct, but wrong is wrong, no matter what sort of mathematical acrobatics you perform.
     Mainstream people also say, "Well, you don't have an alternative to the standard theories. At least we've got something." So what? I don't believe in things simply because there is no viable alternative out there. I don't know what the correct theories are, but I know what they aren't. They aren't the Standard Model, and they aren't Relativity, and they aren't quantum mechanics.

When will the madness stop?

More ridiculousness from the scientific community:


http://planetsave.com/2012/06/16/neutrons-might-be-disappearing-into-a-parallel-world/


"Experimental data obtained by the research group of Anatoly Serebrov at the Institut Laue-Langevin, France was reanalyzed by theoretical physicists Zurab Berezhiani and Fabrizio Nesti from the University of l’Aquila, Italy. They found that the loss rate of very slow free neutrons appeared to depend on the direction and strength of the magnetic field applied. This anomaly is unexplainable by known physics."

'This anomaly is unexplainable by known physics." Well, gee, maybe that's because known physics is wrong. If experimental observations don't fit known physics, perhaps it's time to rethink known physics.

But the scientists in the article (in keeping with scientists in general) take a different tack. "Zurab Berezhiani thinks that the anomaly can be explained by the existence of a parallel world consisting of mirror particles."

Why is it that, when confronted with observations that go against theory (i.e. things that are unexplainable by known physics), the instinct of physicists is to pull wacky ideas out of the asses to save their theory? Dark matter, parallel universes, etc. Things for which there is not a shred of observational evidence. 

"Wait a minute," they'll object to my objection. "There is evidence for these 'wacky ideas.'" And then they cite as evidence the very anomalous observations that they're trying to explain away by pulling the wacky ideas out of their asses. It's circular reasoning, and it's completely ridiculous.

Another rant on dark matter

In regard to dark matter, you could say, “Well, astronomers were able to predict the existence of planets in our solar system that had not yet been directly observed, because the unseen planets perturbed the orbits of already-observed planets. It’s the same situation with dark matter. We know its there because it’s perturbing the motion of visible matter in distant space.”

But it’s not the same situation. Where unseen planets are concerned, astronomers weren’t positing the existence of a new form of matter with very unusual properties. They were merely saying, “There should be a planet in this orbit, because the orbit of this other planet doesn’t quite fit theory.” There’s nothing wrong with that type of prediction. But with dark matter, scientists aren’t doing that. They’re saying, “There should be a completely new form of matter with very unusual properties all around us, because the motion of distant matter isn’t behaving according to theory.”

Now, if the planet-hunting astronomers had said, “There should be a completely new form of matter with very unusual properties in this orbit, because the orbit of this other planet doesn’t quite fit theory,” it would be a different story. THAT would be an absurd, unwarranted leap of logic, and it’s precisely the leap scientists are making when they concoct dark matter to patch the hole in their Big Bang theory. 

The reason scientists aren't resorting to everyday, familiar objects to explain the motion of distant matter is because the discrepancies between observed and predicted motions aren't the only problems faced by cosmologists. Dark matter is being invented to explain other discrepancies as well. Ordinary matter won't fit the bill. 

"It’s there, but we just haven’t detected it yet..."

More dark matter nonsense:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/30/new-science-lab-turns-lead-into-solid-gold/

This is one of those news stories that just drives me crazy.

From the article: “They know it’s [dark matter] there by its gravitational pull but, unlike regular matter and antimatter, it’s so far undetectable.”

No, they don’t know it’s there by its gravitational pull. In actuality, observed matter in distant space is not moving as predicted by the standard theory of cosmology, namely the Big Bang theory. They assume it's there by the discrepancy between theory and observation. In regards to this discrepancy between theory and observation, scientists say, “Our theory is correct, therefore there must be something unseen causing matter to move against theoretical prediction. In other words, we know it's there by it's gravitation pull. Ergo, dark matter.”

But any scientist worthy of the moniker should say rather, “Observed matter in distant space is not moving as predicted by the standard theory. Is the standard theory thereby disproved?”

But no. The modern scientist assumes the correctness of his theory, and, in the face of observations which disprove his theory, attempts to save his theory by positing the existence of something that is, and I quote the article, “…so far undetectable.”

From the article: “‘It has to be there because of its effects through gravity, but it also has to have properties that make it very unusual — otherwise, we would have detected it already,’ Lesko said.”

Reading between the lines: “It has to be there, because our theory doesn’t work without it. It’s there, but we just haven’t detected it yet because it’s very unusual stuff.”

Absolutely ridiculous! Scientists have faith, pure and simple, that dark matter exists. They have nothing but faith! They have actual observational evidence that their standard model of cosmology is incorrect, yet they won’t let go of their precious theory because they have faith in the existence of something that has thus far eluded detection.

And yet they laugh at belief in God. Go figure.

Logical reasoning: Visible matter isn't moving according to prediction, therefore the theory used to make predictions may be incorrect. Develop new theory.

Illogical reasoning: Visible matter isn't moving according to prediction, therefore something heretofore undetected (dark matter) is affecting the movement of visible matter. Keep theory, build detectors to detect dark matter.

We know it's there, we just have to build detectors to detect it. Our theory is correct; we just have to find the proof that it's correct.

With dark matter, scientists are starting from the assumption that they're correct, and then going in search of proof of their correctness. Since when does science work this way?!

"It’s there, but we just haven’t detected it yet..." (exact quote from the above article). Funny. A Christian can give the exact same response to a scientist's demand for scientifically acceptable proof of God's existence. Do you think the scientist will accept such a response, or do you think the scientist will laugh the Christian out the door? We already know the answer to that question, don't we?

Why are we not laughing dark matter out the door?

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