Speed of light?

The direction that a planet rotates has no correlation to time. Venus turns in the opposite direction of all other planets. It is still going in the same direction of time as every other planet in our solar system.

wll i didn't really inslut anyone but i get your point

alex,

It would be amazing if people just answered my question.

So here it is again and open to anyone who can understand the question.


Question: Do you think space is nothing at all ... or...do you think space is made of something?

Naturally I expect those who choose space is made from something to know exactly what that is in substance rather than imagination.

I can appreciate those who do not know what space is but am not impressed when they make statements concerning space despite this.

Answers please.

john

everything is made of something

how can anyone answer your question. you seem to make things up from your imagination and do not speak in the same scientific terms that others do. there for, it would be impossible to know what your imagination thinks about space.

stan,

If everything is made of something then there is no empty space.

That means every particle must have no space between it and any other particle next to it...that is known as a solid block.

Now, if you think everything is a solid block then that is your idea of the truth and you are welcome to it.

john

skottie,

I did stress for those who could actually understand the question rather than those who have no idea what the question means.

Considering most of the theory is based on what space can do it is not much to ask that someone somewhere knows what space is made of that allows it to do anything.

I am clear, space is empty and how anyone can confuse the empty space with matter that might exist in some small quanities within the empty space is beyond me.

No one confuses the space in a room with the furniture in it do they?

If I talk about the space in the room I am not talking about the furniture am I?

If you say we do not know what empty space is but we have this wonderful theory about it I say great I am very pleased for you.

I should not have to beg anyone not to confuse theory with fact.

john

so your telling me the air you breath is a sold block ?

sounds like you answered your own question.

I'm still not entirely sure what you mean by what space is made of?
its not made of anything.its a definition of area, which can be subjective. empty space is an area that contains no matter.

I'm assuming you mean like 'space' as in the big black bit in between planets. i don't believe it is 'made of' anything.

His point is that it's not made of anything, therefore it can't have any properties such as curvature.

He still doesn't understand topology, spacetime curvature, tensor fields, etc.

john, how can space be empty if it still has small quantities of matter in it? sounds like it is not empty.


lets go with a lamp in a room. the lamp gives off light and that light is photons... the photos are a type of energy in the room and you say everything is made out of energy. so it seems to me the room is not empty. not solid either (before you try and go there again )

In fact I like you jonny, I was just playing, sorry if you thought what I said was an attack. It was not intended to be!

That's some pretty complex stuff, I havn't got a clue about it.

There's no shame in that, its not my area, none of us can know everything. What of course we must not do when we do not have access to or in depth understanding of all the information is to assume we do.

Jack, with what basis do you claim that the scientific consensus is so far off when you yourself are admittedly uneducated in the matter?
You can not believe it, that's you're right.
Just like you can not believe in evolution if you wanted, or believe in ghosts or a 9-11 conspiracy.
If you wish to be taken seriously you will have to point out actual flaws in the current theory and show how your theory more correctly fits the model of the universe.

Also what we know about the universe is an ever growing and expanding enterprise, physicists are not trapped inside their own biased boxes as you seem to think. Why not write a paper and present your hypothesis for academic review?

true, there's a lot that science doesn't know about the way things work. Just look at quantum mechanics and entanglement for example. Some weird stuff there, and they really don't know how it works, they just know that it does. We'll never know everything.