Re: The Dark Matter Problem has been Solved


Posted by MirrorMan on May 12, 2004 at 08:02
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Re: The Dark Matter Problem has been Solved (Pasti)

''I(personally)was expecting something different than "the mystery of dark matter has been solved".''


"Has the dark matter problem been solved?". Would have been better. But I'm used to chosing a title that is as provocative as possible. I agree that for serious discussions this title is not appropriate.

Shouldn't any well defined 'variable c theory' be equivalent to a 'variable x' theory, where x is a dimensionless quantity? Otherwise, as Mike has said, it becomes similar to saying that the ratio of the gallon to the liter has changed.


So, assuming that the theory is well defined, the criticism Mike has against 'variable c theory' is its name, a bit similar to your and Dan's criticism agains the choice of the title of this thread.

Mike's point of view is that dimensional constants arise because we choose to use incompatible units. As a result of that you get additional 'constants', that are nothing more than conversion factors.

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