As you all know, there are individuals that have been posting here on various threads about the EU theory, and as you know I and a number of others have been trying to make these people see some sense. Their theories have no verifiable observational evidence at all, and their theories are at best circumstantial.
One of their main quotable scientific figures is Prof Halton Arp, of the Max Planck Institute, in Garching, Germany. He is best noted for his opposition to Big Bang Theory and his own ideas about redshift and quasars. Like a number of these figures, the EU crowd seem to treat them akin to "Scientific Messiahs", sort of leading lights against "mainstream" science.
A few weeks back, just to clarify the situation with regards to Prof Arp's ideas and opinions on the matter, I sent him an email explaining who I was and what I was about to talk about. I gave him some information as to what these people were proclaiming and so forth. I also mentioned to him their use of his own theories and such, in their philosophies.
Today, I got an email from Prof Arp and this is what he had to say...
Quote:
Dear JCU student,
I think the galaxies start out as very low mass
charged particles.That would certainly be electric
dominated.But I see no evidence for electric
dominated matter on a galaxy scale or cosmic scale
today.
Halton Arp
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I believe that is a pretty clear indication of where Prof Arp stands with regards to EU and those that profess in its veracity.
No one would dispute that galaxies start out as low density plasma clouds to begin with....as a matter of fact "mainstream" astrophysics has been saying this for decades....galaxies form from vast clouds of hydrogen and helium (plus a smattering of other elements), which are more or less ionised. It would be safe to assume that there will be very weak magnetic and electrical fields present in such objects. In these early stages, these forces can dominate over gravity, but once the clouds reach their Jeans Mass, gravity takes over completely. However, the EU's contention that electrical forces are the dominant forces that form and shape the universe has no basis for any sound observational or theoretical veracity at all. Especially at galactic and cosmic scales. There are no problems with magnetic or electrical forces being present in certain situations and at different scales and plasmas do play an important part in certain areas of astrophysics.
But to come out and say they (EMF's) are dominant over gravity at all scales and that everything is due to EMF's and plasma interactions is going way too far. Especially when those that profess these theories have little or no understanding of the basic science behind anything in the first place. Which has been made abundantly obvious from the posts here and elsewhere.
I think this post has cleared a few things up.