"The idea is to use a medium where light is only going something like a few meters per second..."
A medium? That sounds more like sorcery than science. Is it done with crystals?
I think that if science can invent air brakes (presumably to help us brake wind), then why not invent light brakes to slow their light down? This is different than brake lights which are just an indicator (usually of the speed of traffic, not light).
Also, if they slow the light down, wouldn't it only be an optical brown hole? And since it's not a real black hole (or brown), but only an optical one, what's to prevent people from checking it out and saying, "I just don't see it"?
The other day someone criticized the use of one sentence paragraphs. In my local paper today (Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ) there was an article written by a "professional" journalist that began with seven (yes, 7) one sentence paragraphs. In fact, out of 25 total paragraphs, the article contained 17 one sentence paragraphs (You may have noted that this message is all one paragraph - whether it needs to be or not!).
He wasn't at fault, the society that shunned his discoveries and theories is.
But wasn't it the science of the day that was awry in the first place? Isn't that what dictated the current beliefs of the society at that time?
It would probably be better to say that science itself was not the problem, but rather the interpretation of a particular individual (or group). I don't think we can tar science for the 'experimentation' that took place in Hitler's death camps. The fault, in my mind, lies clearly with the individuals involved. These things may have been undertaken in the name of 'science', but I do not think they represent science (or scientists) as a whole.
Specifically, most scientists who have theorized about things that question the biblical account of things are ridiculed, shunned, blackballed, and/or drawn and quartered:)
To be fair, isn't that statement true of someone who departs from the 'accepted' system of beliefs in any arena, from business, to science, to sports, and so on. That is a human trait, not something that applies only to theologians (or scientists).
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So, are you saying that all these CERTs contain a drop of Retsyn?
http://www.certs.com/
"The idea is to use a medium where light is only going something like a few meters per second..."
A medium? That sounds more like sorcery than science. Is it done with crystals?
I think that if science can invent air brakes (presumably to help us brake wind), then why not invent light brakes to slow their light down? This is different than brake lights which are just an indicator (usually of the speed of traffic, not light).
Also, if they slow the light down, wouldn't it only be an optical brown hole? And since it's not a real black hole (or brown), but only an optical one, what's to prevent people from checking it out and saying, "I just don't see it"?
The other day someone criticized the use of one sentence paragraphs. In my local paper today (Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ) there was an article written by a "professional" journalist that began with seven (yes, 7) one sentence paragraphs. In fact, out of 25 total paragraphs, the article contained 17 one sentence paragraphs (You may have noted that this message is all one paragraph - whether it needs to be or not!).
But wasn't it the science of the day that was awry in the first place? Isn't that what dictated the current beliefs of the society at that time?
It would probably be better to say that science itself was not the problem, but rather the interpretation of a particular individual (or group). I don't think we can tar science for the 'experimentation' that took place in Hitler's death camps. The fault, in my mind, lies clearly with the individuals involved. These things may have been undertaken in the name of 'science', but I do not think they represent science (or scientists) as a whole.
To be fair, isn't that statement true of someone who departs from the 'accepted' system of beliefs in any arena, from business, to science, to sports, and so on. That is a human trait, not something that applies only to theologians (or scientists).