Speed of light.

This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by Luz on Monday, July 12, 2004 and has 13 replies.

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@Luz
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Umm... Where's the science board here? Politics is the least of my worries.

Anyway, ---Commence---

The speed of light, one of the most sacrosanct of the universal physical constants, may have been lower as recently as two billion years ago - and not in some far corner of the universe, but right here on Earth.

The controversial finding is turning up the heat on an already simmering debate, especially since it is based on re-analysis of old data that has long been used to argue for exactly the opposite: the constancy of the speed of light and other constants.

A varying speed of light contradicts Einstein's theory of relativity, and would undermine much of traditional physics. But some physicists believe it would elegantly explain puzzling cosmological phenomena such as the nearly uniform temperature of the universe. It might also support string theories that predict extra spatial dimensions.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996092
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@Luz
21 Years1,000+ Posts
So you just had to respond did you? Cleary I embody some type of "porn" most likely because I'm asian and a woman.

peh,that is so boss.
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@Luz
21 Years1,000+ Posts
Parallax I was ready to cry a river.

Sweet-P I'm 18. I'm thinking about going back to school, though. A private school with all girls. Although most private schools are immensely religious... which are not my forte. But I'm curious 🙂
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@Zofia
21 Years
Sorry Sweet-P, I'm rambling much, eh?

Well I'm just deciding about schools. And my epiphany is that.. I should attend JC at Santa Monica and then transfer to a UC. I'm thinking about becoming a scientists.. cosmology.
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@Zofia
21 Years
No no Zofia and Luz are one and the same 🙂 Or are we? :O

And thank you Sweet-P, your kind words are noted.