Evolving Electromagnetism?

nugget writes "An article in the Sydney Morning Herald announced that scientists led by a team of NSW University astrophysicists in Australia have found evidence that one of the fundamental forces of physics, electromagnetism, has changed since the universe's creation some 14 billion years ago. This may prove what many scientists have suspected for some time. Electromagnetism may be relatively new and might have evolved sometime after the laws of physics started with the big bang. If it's correct, this is big news."

Comments

Re:That is impossible.

[Strange Ranger]

I always want to ask dogmatic creationists; What makes you so sure you know the extent of the creation? What I mean is, if God created weather systems, why not evolutionary systems, the expanding universe, and elusive little wood sprites? Who are you to determine the extent and complexity of creation?

Did God create me or did my parents? Maybe the answer is both. God created the reproductive cycle. Same with rain clouds, homo sapiens sapiens, and electromagnetism. I don't beliieve in faith in the unknowable, but I do believe it's conceivable that some Higher Power created the universe and everything in it, including evolution, electromagnetism, solar eclipses, and nervous small minded fundamentalists.

stolen sig- "If the Bible verifies the existence of God, then Superman comics verify the existence of Superman."

Re:I hate surveys

[ryants]

If you ever ask a highly recognisable person for their view on a certian subject, most would lie just to keep their reputation....

Of course... it's all a conspiracy...

The scientists are anonymous... their answers aren't published, only the aggregate results... so what would they gain from lying exactly? Do you think the 8% or so who professed belief in a god have lost their jobs or something?

Sometimes other people's criticial thinking skills make me wonder about the current state of education today...