Clacker Cosmos: An Antipodean Analysis of Astro-boffins and Astronomy

By Robert G Stitt

This book analyses what we know about the cosmos, measurements, forces, timescales. I flag up some strange assumptions that have been scrutinised in the past but are readily accepted today. I then look at some logical alternatives that might make better sense. I build an alternative theory starting from two differing viewpoints and end up with a coherent theory that predicts a cosmos that is countless thousands of billions of years old.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert G Stitt
• Release date: Jul 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311521477

Robert G Stitt

My first book was "Clacker Cosmos". My next book will be "BBC Lies". I love the BBC but the mistakes, assumptions and beautifully written propaganda at times, about climate change, have to be commented on. Disappearing Islands that aren't, endangered animals that are thriving, reluctant apologies. A must read for those interested in propaganda. Also a look at who is responsible for directing this bias and possible hidden agendas. My email is [e-mail]

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Clacker Cosmos

An Antipodean Analysis of Astro-boffins and Astronomy

By Robert G Stitt

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Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Dinosaur Extinction- How Not to construct a scientific theory

2. Pangaea Theory- How Not to construct a scientific theory part 2

3. Galileo and Einstein- Inertia

4. Big Bang Theory an Examination

5. Solar System- The Earth and the Moon

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Introduction

An analysis of anything requires the breaking down of the complex in order to understand it better.

Antipodean literally means having the feet opposite- it describes people in the Southern Hemisphere who are, to Europeans, upside down but still walking with their feet on the ground. I will be taking an upside down approach to Astro-boffins and Astronomy as a means of perhaps discovering something new. By upside down I mean assuming some assumptions are wrong.

Clacker is Australian slang for Cloaca.

This book has many illustrations which should help.

It might seem unnecessary to try to look at the Cosmos afresh: the Universe is made of Atoms, the four fundamental forces of nature (Gravity, Electromagnetism, Strong and Weak Nuclear) are well measured and observed, the Universe is expanding, the Universe is 90% Hydrogen- the lightest element, mass and energy have equivalence. These are givens and any alternative theory would have adhere to all the above.

The two theories that are the foundation stones of modern cosmology are: nebular hypothesis from 1734 (Swedenborg) and the big bang theory from 1927 (LeMaitre). Nebular hypothesis doesn't work for at least one reason and TBBT doesn't work for at least two reasons. But even if these theories worked well they'd only be possibilities not definites. The Laws of Physics do not preclude alternative theories.

Energy and Mass have equivalence at the subatomic level, this does not mean that there HAD TO be a big bang event - the Cosmos could be much more interesting than that.

Also advances in atomic theory- the Higgs Boson, the fact that moons can have quakes, plumes and atmospheres and many discoveries over the last thirty years question nebular hypothesis and the big bang theory and suggest something much more logical.

The measurements of the cosmos deserve a reappraisal of ALL we know or think we know.

Nebular hypothesis has never worked (James Clerk Maxwell) and the big bang theory amongst other things requires inflation to work. Huge mathematical fixes suggest we might be looking at everything the wrong way, we are measuring the Universe better and better but what all that adds up to might be entirely different from what we assume we know right now. We should accept that possibly there could be problems with these two theories and do a very fair thing- make a fresh investigation without baggage or prejudice, it’s that simple.

My remit was to investigate poor assumptions and prejudices in cosmology and let the cosmos tell its own story. Please scrutinise any direction I take or measurements I use; data/measurements/evidence peer reviewed and widely available.

I imagine Albert Einstein was thinking of discovery when he said:-

Chapter 1

Dinosaur Extinction- How Not to construct a scientific theory

The first problem with any theory is how scientists or anyone constructs the theory in the first place. They have to make inferences from facts; if you have all the facts then the theory should be good, if you only have some of the facts poor inferences can be made leading to poor theories. This is a constant danger because how can anyone know they are in possession of all the facts. Also, in science, the discovery of new facts and new interpretations of old facts is an ongoing and never ending process.

My advice: Don’t infer too early look for more facts.

Dinosaur extinction theory:

I read a well written article on the net titled What really killed the Dinosaurs by Alan Woods, it is an extract from his book Reason in Revolt in which he examines how we reason and the pitfalls we can fall into if we choose the Formalistic method: having a theory and finding facts to fit it rather than the Dialectical method, letting the measurements suggest a theory or a direction of thought.

I will summarise some of its main points in order to show the weaknesses in academia on this subject.

The theory:

Sixty five million years ago a huge meteor hit the Earth.

The impact caused a worldwide fire.

Dust blocked out the Sun causing freezing temperatures.

These conditions caused the Dinosaurs to become extinct.

Objections from the article above:

1. Freezing temperatures would have killed off amphibians; frogs, toads etc. Amphibians were around before 65 million years ago and survive till present day. Therefore we can rule out a worldwide nuclear winter at that time or anytime since.

2. The evidence for a worldwide fire is weak, practically non existent. Claire Belcher, a researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London, searched eight KT boundary sites in the Americas (the KT boundary is a layer of rock formed sixty five million years ago and can be found all over the world) she found no charcoal, which would be evidence of burning, but did find plenty non-charred plant material. This evidence is consistent with NO WORLD-WIDE FIRE at all.

3. The meteor strike happened at the wrong time. There is evidence of a large meteor strike; the crater it left behind known as the Chicxulub crater, it is 180km wide in Mexico on the Yucatan peninsula. Jan Smit of Amsterdam University looked for evidence to back his impact theory. He found spherules- round rock condensed from a vapour cloud created by an impact (possibly). Then there were huge amounts of sandstone then limestone, and then there was a layer of Iridium created from an Asteroid (possibly). The layers of sandstone and limestone are a problem because these are sedimentary rocks that would take 300,000 years to form. The Iridium layer coincides with the depletion of Dinosaurs (according to Smit) so the Chicxulub impact is 300,000 years too early to wipe out the Dinosaurs. This is a bit