As with most ‘revolutionary’ theories developed from a desperate need to disprove relativity, according to one critic with at least, a consistent commentary on Cahill’s paper,
(T.D. Martin), Cahill’s theory fails on the fundamental checks of internal self-consistency, and the empirical checks of independent verifiability:
Internal self-consistency:
i) Cahill’s equations for gravitational acceleration, (which supposedly arise from inflowing ‘quantum foam’), result in an enormous attractive gravitational force on the inflowing side of the Earth and a similarly, huge repulsive force on the opposite side;
ii) In the maths he has used, he has substituted the flow metric (a generalized ”Painlev́e-Gullstrand” metric) into Einstein’s field equations. As a direct result of this, absurd predictions for the interior states of matter in all ordinary planets, results.
Independent verifiability:
iii) The sum of the gravitational forces caused by the different quantum foam flows, result in a cancellation of forces where the various flows from separate sources come together (eg: within Earth’s vicinity). And yet Cahill claims that he has discovered a ‘net’ flow velocity in the Michelson-Morley (MMX) data amounting to 400 km/s. So which is it ? It seems the MMX data actually conflicts with his theoretical predictions.
Until adequately explained by Cahill, (for me), the above is sufficient cause to classify Reginald T. Cahill and his theory, under the 'flawed' science heading.
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