Einstein and the Speed of Light Controversy

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In an article in September I examined the proposition that Einstein may have been wrong. Maybe space does operate as a simple dynamo plus Aether not primarily gravity Updated: 9/27/12 Blog continued in "Einstein, CERN and Higgs part two on this site. Updated: 9/22/12 Some are predicting no Nobel Prize for the Higgs? Updated: 8/26/12 Has the Higgs been "discovered" or not? Updated: 7/30/12 All of the "Through the Wormhole" Shows in one link Updated: 7/21/12 Cold Gases and Hot Superconductors Updated: 7/21/12 Magnetic Locking and Quantum Levitation Updated: 7/21/12 Plasma- the 4th state of matter and the most abundant form of matter Updated: 7/20/12 magnetics and superfluidity-any relationship to the Higgs? Updated: 7/18/12 Six videos-The Magnetic Universe and the Higgs Field-Connections Updated: 7/11/12 Was the right Higgs found or was it an Imposter Higgs? Updated: 7/9/12 Science Friday Interview on the Higgs. Good interview Updated: 7/8/12 Five Higgs Boson Varieties? Really? What is That About? Updated: 7/7/12 Is the Higgs Field Dangerous? Updated: 7/6/12 Best podcast on the Higgs I have found and can the stars appear and disappear in a matter of decades? Updated: 7/6/12 Discussion of the Higgs particle and in relation to other theories of how the universe works. Updated: 7/5/12 Live Video Press Conference by CERN on the Boson Updated: 7/3/12 Boson Announcement Tomorrow-Golly! See six videos Updated: 6/20/12 Higgs Field = Aether? Updated: 5/30/12 Do Some Galaxies Move Faster Than The Speed of Light? Updated:5/29/12 NASA Videos on Einstein and a Video Showing Galaxies Moving Faster Than the Speed of Light Updated:5/17/12 What Are Superflares? Updated:5/16/12 Oxford Scholars Examine the Safety of CERN Updated 5/13/12 CERN A Danger To The Entire Planet? Updated:5/9/12 What is Nibirur?(Six Videos) Updated:5/8/12 "Do Black Holes Really Exist? Updated 4/27/12- 15 new videos (at bottom) Updated 2/21/12 Has findings on the Higgs Boson been overstated? See what you think. Updated: 3/27/12 How the speed of light controversy can be resolved. 3/31/12 Who Resigned And Why? 4/2/12 What About Dark Energy and Magnetism? 4/6/12 Galaxies are held together mostly by huge magnetic fields, not gravity? Updated: 4/17/12 Dark Flow, Another Dimension and the Expanding Universe (Link fixed) Updated: 4/18/12 If Plasma Theory is correct is the Earth in Danger? (See six videos on these topics) 4/25/12 See NOVA special on our Electric sun and the danger it poses to the Earth 4/25/12 The Earth's Magnetic Field and it precarious nature and how CERN could affect it. 4/25/12 More on the sun and also a link to experiments which argue that ultra cold gas and ultra hot gases can behave in a similar fashion and why you should care. There are about 15 videos to review here Updated: 4/17/12 Who is Lisa Randall? (Link fixed) Update: 3/12 So why is there a speed limit on light in the first place and does such a speed limit make any sense in the first place? Updated:5/13/12 Does Physicists recognize themselves that Einstein was wrong? See Video on this and see video which states that Nibiru is "bunk" Updated: 5/13/12 The best video on the net on parallel universes, quantum physics and time travel,and CERN's dangers In my blog in September I reported that an experiment at CERN showed that neutrinos were traveling at speeds exceeding that of light. This was not supposed to happen. All of the physics establishment quicky criticized these results, insinuating that the experiment was flawed. What they really were doing, in my view, was trying to save their own jobs and careers. Today, the experimentors after taking into consideration the suggestions of the critics, reported the results of this second round of experiments. The results confirmed the first experiment results. So Einstein possibly being wrong is back on the table. See my blog on all of this in "Einstein May Be Wrong." This effectively calls into question much of modern physics and the wisdom of the CERN project itself. These experiments may be a danger to the project itself. See what you think. Here are links below on all of this. I will continue the discussion on all of this tomorrow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15791236 http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9513000/9513351.stm 11/23/11 The plot thickens here because it has been announced that another group at CERN has duplicated the initial conditions of the Einstein experiment and have the view the OPERA group made mistakes in doing their experiments. See link below. http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/11/neutrinos-0 So who is right? Stay tuned. More tomorrow. One day before the CERN announcement on the Higgs there are hints being floated as to what has been found. See link below.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16116230 12/13/11 Here is the report from CERN on it findings on the Higgs particle. Inconclusive. I will report out later on what it all means.  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/science/tantalizing-hints-but-no-direct-proof-in-search-for-higgs-boson.html?_r=1&hp  1/17/12 The Plasma Universe idea (see my blog on this on this site has been verified, partly. It also has implications for all of physics and for the much-maligned idea of Aether. More later. Meantime here is the link.  http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-01/vuot-tpl011712.php 2/19/12 Here are the 10 implications concerning the faster than light controversy. http://www.livescience.com/16214-implications-faster-light-neutrinos.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080352.htm  2/21/12 In the above article I argued that the neutrino faster than light finding by the CERN OPERA team had been prematurely denigrated. The statistical analysis of that finding and that concerning the Higgs Boson are compared. The point is made that the Higgs is given more statistical weight that it deserved and that of the faster than light finding was statistically downgraded. See what you think. http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-sigma.html 2/24/12 Ok, it looks like the neurtrino machine may not have been all the way plugged in. But on the other hand another gizmo was a bit off in the opposite direction., so we are at square one again. I am loving this. The story at the link below. http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/2012/02/23/cern-opera-to-retest-einsteins-theory-with-neutrino-experiment/ Now what makes this story interesting is that the light speed barrier apparently only applies to light not to other bodies out there. Yes, it is a strange universe. 3/1/12 While waiting for the CERN results we need to look at underlying issues. Why did Einstein make the claim that nothing can travel faster than light in the first place? What was his argument and rationale? It might surprize you when you get the answer. Here it is. Nothing can travel faster than light, Einstein says, because to do so would require an object to have infinite energy. Moreover, to approach that speed and attain it, objects would have to acquire infinite mass as well. Well there you have it. What is wrong with this statement? First objects traveling faster than light would be invisible to us. Light is not being transmitted so an object would not be seen. (Sounds like black holes and dark matter doesn't it?) Secondly, since infinity is not possible then nothing can attain that state. But note that at CERN particles are being accelerated to 99.9 percent of the velocity of light. Are we seeing there infinite mass and energy? If so, is this similar to conditions to what has been described as the beginnings of the big bang? Is there danger here? See the video below. The answer as to CERN's dangers lies in whether Hawking was right or whether Einstein was right. Humm, perhaps that is why we are not hearing much talk about it. Sounds too dangerous? Third, note that in science, infinity in an equasion means zero, or no solution possible. Thus the rationale for the speed limit on light has some logical problems as well and mathematical ones too.   In any event Physics is in real trouble and should not, in my view, be fooling around with forces it poorly understands which if they are wrong, such an experiment can destroy the planet. Now there are alternative notions about the speed of light and its limits which we shall explore while we wait for CERN to announce its findings on this issue. Last, note, as I have already said, Einstein only intended his speed limit to apply to light. But we now know that many objects may travel faster than that, that is an expanding universe is expanding at speeds in some sectors which may already have exceed the speed of light. If not then what is to stop our own expanding universe from exceeding that speed limit and virtually disappear from our sight or ability to sense-- indeed escape our dimension into infinity. Preposterous? See link below http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080352.htm And what makes us so sure that this has not already happened? You see, much to ponder here.  3/17/12 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316204743.htm  The anti-faster than light group says neutrinos did not travel faster than light, but the orginal group will try again in May to see if they were wrong. Dizzy? I am.  3/24/12 So what are the issues with light? Lets explore this issue and why it is important. I have explored this issue in some of the detail in various blogs on this site--"Einstein May Be Wrong" and "The Speed of Light Controversy" to mention just two. Here we want to step back and view the controversy in a broader context in the next few weeks. Actually the larger controversy is between Einstein's ideas of relativity and the ideas of quantum mechanics and string theorists. Put in its simplest form the question becomes how can Einstein say that nothing exceeds the speed of light when we have many exceptions to the contrary. To wit: 1-Galaxies and dark matter may in fact exceed light speeds. We just don't know but perhaps so. 2-Quantum jumping of electrons from one orbit to another apparently happens at speeds exceeding that of light. 3-The quantum entanglement states that particles can instantly respond to one another across vast distances (implying faster than light movement) and have proven to do so time and time again in experiments. 4. Gravity apparently can effect bodies at speeds which exceed the speed of light. 5. Ideas around string theory suggest that we cannot detect entire universes inches away from us occupying the same space and time and apparently operating under different laws of physics -stay tuned. Finally, space itself can move faster than the speed of light inside a black hole and then ejects light and particles at speeds at or exceeding the speed of light. See video below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GYKyt3C0oT4 So what we have here,in fact, is an ideological battle between branches of Physics and the hope is that CERN can solve some of the controversy. But note the Physics establishment backs Einstein, right or wrong, and the insurgents are pushing for quantum and string theory ideas. My view:  Even Einstein did not say Einstein was right about the speed of light versus other bodies and their velocities.. He was only focussed on light, denegrated the "spooky action at a distance" idea (quantum theory) and in the end could not figure out gravity or black holes. So if quantum ideas seem right on the level of the atom does it mean Einstein is wrong? Humm, that is the big question. For the best explanation of the problem between these two ideas see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dpXtshWMqls So the controversy rages on. But note there is an alternative way of looking at the light issue. First, note that visible light, if part of a film strip stretching from NY to LA, would only be one frame in that film strip. The rest is other forms of invisible light, gamma rays, infrared light, x-rays and the like. Why they are invisible in an interesting question and allied to the secondary question of how light becomes light, and indeed stars become stars and therefore visible is the real question. The only answer I perceive is that the largest structure in our galaxy is responsible-that is the electro-magnetic bubbles which straddle our galaxy. See my blog on this. This structure has analogs in terms of magneto-spheres with see we around stars and planets. Simply put magnetic lines of force affect the polarity of atoms to planets and ,therefore, the formation and speed of light itself. These two gigantic magnetic fields dominate our galaxy. See link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101109152447.htm  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090909122146.htm What is the function of the gigantic structures which cover half the galaxy or 50,000 light years? The Milky Way galaxy is only 100,000 light years across with these two magnetic bubbles covering half of it perpendicular to the plane of the Milky Way galaxy. Amazing. What is the function of these structures? Astronomers are mum on this because it implies that Hannes Alfven was correct. See my blogs on the Plasma theory of the Universe on this site for details. Meantime here is a link information about him. http://www.catastrophism.com/texts/electricity-in-space/ 4/6/12 But the upshot is that the galaxy and the universe is a gigantic dynamo which means that particles of various stripes are in orbits throughout the entire galaxy at, perhaps, speeds at or above that of light. The articles below show how matter orbits in and out and back into a given galaxy occurs, but Hannes Alfven is never mentioned. The article also seems claim that gravity is responsible for these orbits. I would disagree. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314100705.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105131212.htm But there is more. Two other huge magnetic fields also exist. The latest data confirm what Hannes Alfven claimed: Our galaxy is dominated by two huge magnetic fields each rotating in opposite directions right through the center of the Millky Way. This is in addition to the two huge magnetic bubbles which are perpendicular to the plane of the Milky Way-so there are four huge fields involved here. Below is an actual map of the two horizontal fields, the first ever. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111206082557.htm But ominously it means that our very sun is affected by these orbiting ions and electrons posing a danger if correctly understood. That is cosmic rays from far away stars impact Earth routinely and periodically driven in galaxy wide orbits by the four huge magnetic fields documented by observations. (See video below on gamma rays coming from outside our galaxy from supernova explosions?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UZYT9fFmWG4 So gravity is the weak force in all of this. Magnetic lines of force are the real drivers in what is going on in our universe. Magnetic fields create black holes, not gravity. In fact, it may be that the black holes at the center of many galaxies are in fact magnetic turbulances and huge magnetic storms driving and being driven by the magnetic fields above, operating at micro, high speed frequencies at the center. 8/17/13 Magnetic fields key to black hole and star formation? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815133720.htm See the Science Channel show on Megaflares that is truly frightening. astronomers are now beginning to realize that the most powerful force in the Universe is magnetic fields.  http://science.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=48.17206.133485.36228.x  But I digress. See the blogs for the detail because these magnetic fields have a direct impact upon our sun. Meantime see links below which show that more and more astronomers are recognizing that magnetic fields, not gravity dominate the galaxies. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100218092850.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111116132119.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100317101340.htm This theory of a dynamo universe potentiallly unites quantum, Einsteinian and string theory concepts. Allied with notions of Aether as pilot waves guiding particles you have an entirely new theory of how the Universe works. (See the TV show "How the Universe Works"  with Morgan Freeman for details on the French scientist testing pilot wave theories.) See link below: http://www.yidio.com/show/through-the-wormhole?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Search&utm_campaign=through-the-wormhole&utm_term=through%20the%20wormhole&sf_campaign=Broad+Show+List&sf_adgroup=through-the-wormhole&sf_adid=11701355291&sf_keyword=through%20the%20wormhole&sf_type=b&sf_placement=&gclid=CKXI4eGVqK8CFcIFRQodGFR7bA Here is a link to all of the "Through the Wormhole" shows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KByhu3HKy5s  (Point of fact: Gravity is a trillion, trillion, trillion times weaker than the electro-magnetic force and the strong and weak nuclear forces and yet some scientists still insist that it accounts for black holes and star formations.) See video on gravity https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=s7Babitv4Fg The show "Through the Wormhole" also explains how one of the laws of Physics around radiation was broken via observations from a solar flare. What this means is that cosmic radiation from our very sun can alter radiation levels in matter on earth breaking a law of physics that states nothing can alter radiation levels. For more detail on exactly what could be causing this: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/sun-082310.html Moreover, my point is that solar flares and the periodic flare activity of the sun every 11 years is a reflection of the return orbits of cosmic rays coming from outside our solar system periodically driven by and moving along magnetic lines of force. Here is a link on the cooler aspects of the sun's core and what could be causing it. The article speculates it is dark matter. My guess is that it is iron. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100721132407.htm All of this affects GPS, satellites, medicine and the Earth's magnetic stability. Also this harkens back to black box radiation levels and Planck distances. (I know what does this last sentence mean? Stay tuned to find out. 4/6/12 Dark Matter, but what about Dark Energy? The latter comprizes 75% of the Universe, matter 4% and dark matter 21%. So how much do we really know about Dark Energy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eeuqh9QfNI&feature=youtube_gdata_player Next to nothing. But lets explore that in the coming days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17559286 Dark Energy is a form of electro-magnetism I am guessing. Here is the first of astronomical findings that make me think so. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110913090835.htm  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100317101340.htm These are all  tall claims, and in the coming days, lets explore how this could be possible.  See articles below which support this view: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120327215728.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609132156.htm  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111116132119.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100106193219.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921144135.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120324144958.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111206082557.htm   For a view of quantum entanglement see below: But first a quote from the article: "Entanglement is a fascinating property connecting quantum systems. Albert Einstein called it the "spooky action at a distance." This bizarre coupling can link particles, even if they are located on opposite sides of the galaxy." Opposite side of the galaxy instantly. This is going to be faster than the speed of light and moreover, we want to know what is the medium through which entanglement works. Higgs, magnetism, what? See what you make of it. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927083907.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070905133621.htm   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eZqQUdWURs&feature=youtube_gdata_player  4/4/12