Yes, the internet has made some fantastic tools, kudos to NASA and the other space agencies for sharing, really makes a site like IIS a breeding ground for some great contributors to the field.
Re: Worm holes and 'bending space'
There is a Tasmanian mathematician by the name of Stephen Crothers, marred in controversy was expelled by UNSW for refusing to change his thesis.
In this, he demonstrated einstein-gravitational cannot be localised, and when one investigates the original works of Schwartzchild it is verified, unfortunately Hilbert's derivation that followed introduced the apparent error.
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Originally Posted by SCrothers
Schwarzschild's actual [original paper not hilberts derivation] solution forbids black holes.
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He was recently invited, and had a fully funded trip the German Royal Society to present his proofs, he left a room of theoretical physicists in silence. He is now regularly invited to present at universities in europe and the states, also has a number of online seminars with students, of which i followed in 1... i'll try to track down see if the seminar is still available for those here... It was a great walk through + Q&A at the end, from relativity students and professors.
For a somewhat balanced look at this, lets get to the usual favourite first.
The 'Tom Bridgeman' (rebuttal):
http://dealingwithcreationisminastro...-crothers.html
Crothers Reply (to TB rebuttal, accessed from comments):
www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/bridgman.pdf
Sharples (rebuttal of Crothers)
http://www.ptep-online.com/index_fil...0/PP-20-L1.PDF
Crothers (rebuttal of Sharples)
http://aias.us/documents/otherPapers...rplesReply.pdf
Letter from
http://www.wbabin.net/comments/smulsky.pdf
Professor J Smulsky a Cheif Scientist & Russian Academy of Sciences and doctor of physical & mathematical theoretics.
The story of Crothers expulsion from UNSW Thesis Program:
http://www.sjcrothers.plasmaresources.com/PhD.html
(More digestable information)
Crothers on Black Holes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4GFAjX62Yg
Crothers on BBT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmI0Xo3VXKc
(the second video he discusses einstein localisation and gravity waves).
Presentation as Astro Physics Conference on GR
www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/2009/muenchen/gr5.pdf
Science is full of 'human' sides.
Alex, You are not alone in agreement with the absurdity of worm holes, when one takes into account their experiences in reality. Crothers continues to publish.
Each to their own though...