An Idea

[Profpat]

Hi Pat

Coincidently, I've just been reading John Gribbin on the same subject - one sticking plaster after another!

Alan Guth does not accept the aether so what is his "false vacuum"?

If space has no structure - by what do we measure its expansion?

regards
Felix

Hi Felix;

As far as spatial expansion and structure of the universe I'm not sure. Again my An Idea has to do with particle formation.

I can speculate however. If the original fundamental substance is strings, I would imagine them to be massless and thus would make up the ether. Only massive particles are prohibited from going faster than light. It is my understanding that this speed limit does not apply to massless structures. This would mean the ether made up of OPEN strings could move faster than light. Once the strings closed however and made up a packet of energy then it would have a mass equivalent.

This is perhaps why the expansion lasted for only a fraction of a fraction of a second.

Just my thoughts on your excellent question, as you are traveling through time and space yourself.

Best,

Pat


P.S. I don't fully accept Guth's theory either. I believe in ether and structure, both, and so your specific question would be better addressed to him.

[Profpat]

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[JAK]

BRAHMAN IS LIFE
BRAHMAN IS JOY

I have returned from San Diego, where I married my dream, Linda, and have increased my life and joy exponentially

Congrats, ProfPat!! Many, many happy years to you both!!

[austintorn@aol.com]

Prof, what are you doing now that's keeping you so busy; we see no posts from you lately?

[Profpat]

Prof, what are you doing now that's keeping you so busy; we see no posts from you lately?

HMMMM!! Tempus Fugit.

[Fredrick]

I guess we'll see you back at this thread again in a while then, Pat.

By the way, Austin won one of the categories in the contest I set up: the category of continents. Two more wins are possible in the city and the country categories.

http://www.toequest.com/forum/your-t...html#post61828

[dipayankar]

Pat can we have one of your wedding snaps please on the forum??

[dipayankar]

Prof, Do you belive we can deduce gravity from electromagnetism?

[Profpat]

Prof, Do you belive we can deduce gravity from electromagnetism?

I'm not sure if we can Dipayankar, so far I guess not but as more information comes to us perhaps so. I would love to reconcile the two, or even deduce that they are seperate forces that cannot be combined. In other words there is no singularity maybe duality. Two main forces.

As far as the pictures I'd love to if I can figure out how to.

Best to you sir,

Pat

[dipayankar]

Right... who says ToE cannot be duality?? There canbe two basic forces working in conjunction with each other. We just need to know how they relate to each other..

I'm not sure if we can Dipayankar, so far I guess not but as more information comes to us perhaps so. I would love to reconcile the two, or even deduce that they are seperate forces that cannot be combined. In other words there is no singularity maybe duality. Two main forces.

As far as the pictures I'd love to if I can figure out how to.

Best to you sir,

Pat