Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jim Pennino Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,sci.math Subject: Re: What is a photon Followup-To: sci.physics Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:27:43 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 55 Message-ID: References: <9af3e95b721801ec23446e0d70f081b3@www.novabbs.org> <101hdi1$2104j$1@dont-email.me> <3fe4ff53feee25131897dec6bed26616@www.novabbs.com> <101mlhj$3v6bs$1@dont-email.me> <101pe06$qdb4$1@dont-email.me> <101q4hi$vve5$1@dont-email.me> <102hnvo$3i745$1@dont-email.me> <632f8ad922dfdf7352fa0c44ecf1eb03@www.novabbs.org> <102klkv$da6t$1@dont-email.me> <9eddfe28907dfacc4dbe21a5a1737936@www.novabbs.org> Injection-Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:46:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fbe0b8218f9dd96e62499b1360cd91d6"; logging-data="502246"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/8clNjY6vwUtfseL87jw0z" User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20220130 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.15.0-141-lowlatency (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:9Pg+IeYb3lJ53k5q2q9sa1OjZu4= In sci.physics Bertitaylor wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 20:21:51 +0000, Chris M. Thomasson wrote: > >> On 6/14/2025 2:47 AM, Bertitaylor wrote: >>> On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:50:14 +0000, Paul.B.Andersen wrote: >>> >>>> Den 11.06.2025 15:41, skrev Bertitaylor: >>>>> On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 18:50:26 +0000, x wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> You know I tend to get the idea that some things in physics >>>>>> are actually based upon observation, but burying one's head >>>>>> in the sand for some things can be subtle. >>>>> >>>>> Quite so do observe that as bigger telescopes are made the universe >>>>> becomes bigger with no end in sight. >>>>> >>>>> Observe that the outer galaxies are NOT going away at very great speed >>>>> from our observation point on Earth. >>>>> >>>>> Observe that blueshift is as prominent as redshift. >>>> >>>> One can but be impressed by your knowledge of astronomy. >>>> >>>> Well done! >>> >>> Good. The universe gets bigger and bigger with more powerful telescopes. >>> >>> It is infinite and so, eternal. >>> >>> High time to give up on the faulty Ohlberg stuff on the lack of >>> brightness causing a finite universe. Chap had no clue about galaxies >>> and the vast intergalactic distances. >>> >>> Throwing out Helmholtz, Einstein, Feynman etc. and following Arindam is >>> the way for science. >>> >>> WOOF woof-woof woof woof-woof woof >> >> Not sure if its a fractal where we can zoom in forever and/or zoom out >> forever wrt certain fractal logic. If you hit a border, then the fun >> part is that border is infinitely complex... ;^) > > > Fractals do not explain why with larger telescopes the universe gets > bigger with no end in sight. But the increased resolution and light gathering power does, crackpot. > Woof > > -- -- penninojim@yahoo.com