Its all very simple. What we first must understand is that there is very little difference between religion and science. both provide narratives that explain observation, how the world works.
Today physicts think that there is this stuff called "Dark matter." The reason they beleive such a thing exists is becuase Observation does not match with Theory. That theory, being Einstein's. So rather than saying, Einstein is wrong, physicists have invented this new idea - "Dark Matter"
I too beleive that Dark Matter exist. But lets delve further. Physicists explain that "dark matter" is this invisible stuff that fills the universe. while they cannot see it, they know its there because it has a gravitational effect on things that they can see. But lets do a quick thought experiment. Lets say it does exist, but instead of being only in certain areas, lets say there is an even distribution. Would we be able to "see" it? No. becuase the gravitational pull would be equal from all directions.
So what is the more logical conclusion, that dark matter exists ONLY where we can detect it? or is it EVERYWHERE, and it exerts a gravitational pull on objects when its distribution becomes non-uniform.
The idea that there is this "stuff" that fills the universe is not a new one. Maxwell, as part of his unification of electricity, magnetism, and light proposed an idea that there was this stuff called "eather" that filled the universe. His logic was simple. Energy needs a medium through wich to propogate.
But this idea was tossed aside for 3 big reasons. One, it didn't work with Newtons theory of the universe. If the planets rotating around the sun were moving through eather, it would produce drag, and the planets would slowly decrease momentum until they fell into the sun.
Two, it didn't work with observation. An experiment performed measuring the speed of light in different directions did not show any difference. Its called the michealson-Morely experiment. The idea behind the experiment was that the light moving along the path of the earth's velocity, and the light moving perpendicular would result in a difference in speed. they actually FOUND a difference, but it was not anything near what theory predicted. This confused scientists for 20 years.
Then came Einstein. He provided a narrative that did not require this stuff called eather. Space was empty.
But what if Dark matter is Eather? It seems if it is matter, we should start with the assumption that it behaves as matter does. So would it also not rotate? just as the planets? Einstein theory asks us to image that the underlying fabric of the universe is space/time. we visualize this by imagining a surface that is elastic like a trampoline. The larger the mass of an object, the more depression it makes. The sun is like a big bowling ball sitting on this surface. the earth is rolling around it, continually "falling" towards the sun. But its only a way of "visualizing" the idea, its not ACTUALLY how it works. because if it was, the planets would be rolling. And they are not. they rotate.
but If dark matter exists, and its EVERYWHERE. and it acts like matter, could the analogy of a whirlpool be better? after all, this would also explain the ROTATION of the planets. But this still doesn't totally explain things. Why does matter rotate around the sun?
Physicists beleive that there is a protective energy sheild that surrounds our solar system and protects it. This sheild is called the heliosphere. But What if we think of the heliosphere not as a protective sheild, but as a container...a container of dark matter.
If we take a bucket of water and rotate it, the rotation creates a whirlpool. If the heliosphere containing dark matter is rotating like the bucket, this would explain the whirlpool effect.
Of course, if the dark matter is spinning because of the container its counterintuitive that the center would be moving at the the greatest speed, and this is true. but a couple things are happening, but a little harder to explain. the outer dark matter is moving faster becuase it is being dragged by the container. and as it gets closer to the center, it actually slows down. BUT the density is increasing. the individual particles are being pressed together, and like an ice skater that brings his/her arms in, it they begin to spin faster. momentum in space is transfered to angular momentum. Its like using a mixer when baking, the batter gets sucked into the spinning blades.
this system also explains dark energy, or what we perceive to be the force causing the outer galaxies in our universe to speed up. We can't see it, but angular momentum is being transfered to momentum in space.
I think the better way to understand dark matter is to call it atmosphere. After all, NASA now talks about Space weather in regards to the sun's activity. they talk about solar wind. If this is the case, then we can start talking about BERNOILLI.
After all Einstein talked about Pressure as well. He discovered that E=mc^2, and understood that energy contributes to gravity. If the velocity of the dark matter is whirling faster the closer to the center, According to bernoulli, this creates a lower pressure, causing things to "fall" towards the lower pressure.
Whirlpools look like galaxies look like hurricains. This doesn't just happen. But these are all physical representations of the same underlying system that we cannot see. the magnetic field of a magnet looks like the magnetic field of the earth. what if the heliosphere "looks the same?" what if our galaxy has a field that looks the same. what if the universe has a field that "looks the same." what if an atom's energy field looks the same.
more to come...I'm in a public library (computer down for repairs), and my time is up...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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